Acharya Prashant explains that our criteria for participation in social rules and cultural norms are often externally imposed rather than internally determined. He uses the example of national symbols to illustrate how cultural sensitivity varies by environment and is largely a product of conditioning. He advises against unnecessary conflict with social rules, such as traffic laws, not because they are inherently sacred, but because breaking them leads to a waste of time and mental energy. He suggests that one should only act against the crowd when it is a direct outcome of one's own intelligence and light, rather than a forced attempt to be different. When action arises from true intelligence, the individual becomes indifferent to the consequences, even if the ultimate result is death.