Acharya Prashant explains that the purpose of the Upanishads must be correctly understood. It is commonly said that their purpose is the attainment of Truth, but this is not so. To say this is to go against the very essence of the Upanishads. The reason is that only something with attributes can be attained. One cannot even conceptualize attaining something that is attribute-less. Attainment necessitates attributes, and all attributes are limitations. Therefore, the Truth, being without attributes, is not the direct objective of the Upanishads. The direct objective of the Upanishads is the cessation of the mind, which implies the cessation of falseness. The Upanishads work to bring this falseness to an end. Their method is to profusely dwell on what one is not, a process of negation known as "Neti Neti." When it comes to declaring what one truly is, they simply state, "Tat Tvam Asi" (That thou art) without much elaboration. This is because if they were to describe the Truth, the mind would turn it into another object with attributes, which would please the mind but defeat the purpose. The Upanishads are not meant to please the mind but to address the mind about itself. He illustrates this with a verse from the Ishavasya Upanishad: "One unmoving, swifter than mind. The Gods cannot catch it. As it goes before, standing still. It outruns other that are running." This verse is a lesson in humility for the mind, which is proud of its speed. The mind runs because it is unhappy and desires to reach a state of happiness or stillness. However, the One is already at that destination, having won the race by not running at all. The Upanishads are not prompting one to imagine freedom, as that imagination would be a product of the current state of bondage. Instead, their purpose is to make one see their own bondages and address them. The only way to reach the Truth is through a ruthless process of self-demolition, a movement against one's own movement, until all movement ceases.