Acharya Prashant explains that the framework of a student seeking truth through knowledge and experience is based on assumptions that form the foundation of one's life. He clarifies that the common perception of reality is one of duality, where the infinite diversity of the world is reduced to two fundamental entities: the knower (the self) and the known (the world). We ordinarily live our lives taking this 'twoness' to be real. The concept of 'oneness' is then addressed as a delicate matter. Acharya Prashant states that oneness is essentially hidden duality. This is because the moment one conceives of 'one,' it implies a boundary and therefore something outside of it, which is still a form of duality. For instance, we can perceive 'one sun' only because there is space outside of it. The sages, therefore, did not use the term 'one' (Eka) but 'not-two' (Advaita). They did not need to say 'not-one' because the concept of 'one' is already an illusion that contains 'two'. He further elaborates that pronouncing the word 'zero' is not the same as the actual state of zero, as the pronouncement itself is an assertion. Similarly, to pronounce 'oneness' is to denounce it. The term 'non-dual' (not-two) is used precisely because it does not assert anything positive. Non-duality is about total freedom from anything that can appear in consciousness. It is a continuous, timeless, and unconditional process of negation, symbolized by the Upanishadic phrase 'Neti, Neti' (not this, not this). This process must be an everlasting, unbroken surrender, not a one-time event or a sprint to a goal. It is a life of no thresholds, where truth is the only, unconditional priority.