Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of widespread misconceptions and superstitions in society. He suggests that the first step to counter this is to make science education compulsory up to class 12. He expresses his dismay at the common use of unscientific terms like "positive and negative vibrations" and "energies," stating that such language reveals a lack of basic physics knowledge, even at a 10th-grade level. He questions what is meant by "negative vibrations," asking for a scientific basis, such as a waveform or an equation, which is always absent. This, he says, leads to a cult of "vibes" where people talk about things they do not understand. The speaker identifies the root problem as illiteracy at both scientific and spiritual levels. People neither know science nor spirituality, which makes them susceptible to believing anything. This fundamental attitude of belief, rather than inquiry, is a form of inner laziness or "tamas." People do not want to investigate; they just want to accept things. This ignorance extends to religious practices and festivals, which have lost their original meaning. For example, Diwali becomes about crackers and sweets, and other festivals are reduced to slaughter or consumerism, with the true spirit being lost because people do not know the reason behind these institutions. Acharya Prashant explains that superstition originates from our biological and genetic makeup, the body itself. He states that human beings are biologically created to believe, not to know, because knowing is dangerous to the biological self. Knowing can shatter one's identity, so people prefer to live in ignorance. He describes the human condition as a difficult marriage between consciousness (Purush) and the body/nature (Prakriti). The task of consciousness is to be with nature but not be allured or dominated by it. He further clarifies that freedom is not the liberty to do whatever one wants, as those wants are often conditioned and externally imposed. True freedom is questioning everything and having an allegiance only to the Truth. It is the freedom from all beliefs and bondages. The purpose of life, he concludes, is to fulfill the one, deep, original desire, which is love for the Real, rather than the thousands of shallow, miscellaneous desires that are imposed upon us.