A questioner describes a paradox in their life. They have experienced growth in every aspect—family responsibility, accountability, professional growth, money, status, and knowledge. Eight years ago, these were just dreams. At that time, they were happy from within, engaging in activities like playing the keyboard or guitar, sketching, writing poetry, visiting orphanages, and praying to God. They were introverted but always happy from within. Now, their dreams have come true, but this only brings fleeting happiness. At other times, they feel very low, as if nothing touches them. They feel the stress they took for their achievements is worthless and unnecessary, and they have lost their peace of mind and calmness. Acharya Prashant responds by pointing out that the questioner's dreams have been realized. He highlights the contradiction: the very things the questioner dreamed of and prayed for in the past—family, responsibility, money, status—have now come to fruition. The misery of today is the result of the life lived in the past. He explains that the past was a time of sowing seeds, and today is the time of harvesting. The songs and prayers of the past were for the very things that now cause suffering. He quotes Kabir Saheb, saying, "Having sown a bed of poison, why do you now repent?" The life the questioner lived in the past, which they now romanticize as an ideal life, has directly led to their current unhappy state. The speaker explains that the freedom of youth was used to invite more bondage. The poems and songs were about these very bondages. The dreams of a prince charming, a cozy home, and a successful life were the seeds of the current misery. The growth the questioner sees is an unhealthy, cancerous growth. He advises the questioner to drop the notion of going back to the past and instead to disown the totality of what they are. Life has been wrong both then and now. The current situation is a direct, justified result of past actions, thoughts, and intentions. The speaker urges the questioner to see their life as a scripted one and to recognize that this script does not end well. This present unhappiness is an opportunity to break free and make a new beginning, not by looking back, but by honestly assessing the current situation.