Acharya Prashant explains the apparent contradiction between the teachings of Ashtavakra and Kabir Saheb regarding hope. He clarifies that there are two types of hope. The first is the worldly hope of accumulation, driven by an inner sense of lack and a lack of awareness. This hope seeks to fill an internal void with external possessions, which only increases one's suffering and distance from the self. Ashtavakra refers to this kind of hope as the supreme misery because it acts like a black hole, where the more one adds, the more the void grows. Using the analogy of a monk who starts with a cat to catch a mouse and ends up burdened by a cow, a servant, and a family, Acharya Prashant illustrates how material objects and habits inevitably pull in more complications, leading to bondage.