Acharya Prashant draws a parallel between the condition of stray dogs in India and the people, describing both as unfed, undernourished, homeless, breeding all the time, generally harmless, and very loyal. He then addresses the observation that public spaces in India are often chaotic and dirty while private spaces are kept clean. He attributes this, like everything in India, to a distorted spirituality. This distortion, he explains, stems from the unfortunate concept of personal enlightenment prevalent in Indian culture. This concept suggests that one can perform austerities and spiritual practices (sadhana) to attain enlightenment for oneself, irrespective of the condition of one's surroundings or the world. Acharya Prashant challenges this notion, stating that personal enlightenment is a myth. He argues that one must take everybody along, which implies a responsibility to clean up public spaces as well. This idea of being personally liberated while the family, society, and the world remain as they are is a misreading of spirituality. He clarifies that this concept of personal liberation is not taught by Vedanta. While it is true that in the final sense only One exists, from our current standpoint, the world does exist, and one cannot be unmindful of it in the pursuit of individual benefit or liberation. Liberation, he asserts, cannot be personal because it is liberation from the personal. Therefore, a personal kind of liberation is not possible. The desire for enlightenment just for oneself is a selfish act, similar to a child wanting a toy or an apple only for themselves. The false self, the ego, is a con artist that turns even enlightenment into something selfish.