Acharya Prashant addresses the nature of desire ('kaamna') and its fulfillment. He explains that we should stop associating desire with the wrong things. Using the analogy of thirst, he describes a person who, when thirsty, tries to quench it by chewing on paper or a pen, instead of drinking water. This illustrates how we try to fulfill our deep-seated psychological thirst with inappropriate objects, leading to a cycle of recurring desire. He distinguishes between the one who desires (the ego or 'aham') and the object of desire. The ego, by its very nature, feels a sense of lack and therefore will always desire. The key is not to stop desiring but to desire the right thing—something that can truly end the thirst of desire itself. If one must have a desire, it should be for an object that can quench the very thirst for desire. Acharya Prashant contrasts the fulfillment of desire in the physical world versus the spiritual realm. In the physical world, fulfilling a desire validates it; for example, drinking water quenches physical thirst, proving the thirst was real. The fulfillment of desire and the validation of desire go hand-in-hand. However, in spirituality, the fulfillment of desire happens through its *falsification*. One reaches a state of understanding where one sees that the psychological thirst or desire was futile and unreal to begin with. The spiritual path is about going to a place where it is revealed that this inner thirst is fake. Responding to a personal dilemma about balancing work and spiritual pursuits, Acharya Prashant emphasizes the importance of integrity. He states that if one is being paid for a job, that work must be done completely and honestly. To make time for spirituality, one should reduce wasted time, such as gossip, rather than neglecting one's duties. He uses another analogy: if the money used to buy food is tainted, no amount of washing the food can make it pure. The source of one's livelihood must be clean.