Acharya Prashant addresses a question about the inability to open up in front of others, a problem that has persisted since childhood and hinders spiritual progress. He begins by questioning the very need to open up in a group. He explains that expression has only two purposes. If you are in bondage, your expression is to break that bondage. If you are free, your expression is a song of freedom. Any other form of expression is merely a scream, a lament, or a derangement. True expressions are of only two kinds. If one is in bondage, freedom will express itself by breaking the bondage. If one is free, freedom will express itself through laughter, play, creativity, or helping others. Other than these, all other expressions are not true expressions but madness, an expression of internal derangement. In a spiritual sense, only the Self expresses itself through the mind and body. The proper use of the mind and body is to be instruments for the expression of the Self. If, instead, your senses, mouth, hands, and intellect become instruments for expressing inner madness, that cannot be called expression. Most of what we do, say, and think is not of the Self but of a frenzied mind. He gives examples like people gossiping, men and women saying "I love you" for selfish reasons, and politicians expressing themselves on stage. He criticizes the modern trend of "express yourself, don't suppress," stating that expression should be of the Truth, and expressing inner garbage is futile. Addressing the questioner's point about suppressed anger being harmful, Acharya Prashant advises against bringing it out, as it would cause more harm. He also challenges the notion that a quiet, serious person is depressed while a talkative one is happy. He asserts that seriousness, which is an ornament of a human being, has been turned into a disease. He concludes by saying that if you are unable to speak due to fear, then you should speak. However, if you are content and silent, there is no need to break that silence unnecessarily. If an action is needed to break bondage, it should be done, but one should not act uselessly. Silence is not a crime.