Acharya Prashant addresses the cycle of depression and happiness caused by external events, such as job interview results. He explains that events only seem significant because we assign them importance. A person who possesses something far greater than any external event remains unaffected by gains or losses. He illustrates this using two spiritual perspectives: the Vedic view and the Buddhist view. The Vedic perspective suggests realizing oneself as the infinite and complete Brahman, like a billionaire to whom a small gain or loss is irrelevant. The Buddhist perspective suggests realizing oneself as zero; since anything multiplied by or added to zero remains zero, no external circumstance can change one's fundamental state.