A questioner describes his struggle with bipolar disorder, his dependency on medication, and a subsequent addiction to weed. He asks for a way out of this condition that affects his life. Acharya Prashant responds by asking the questioner to define what bipolar disorder means to him personally. The questioner explains it as having bifurcated views, oscillating between losing all will and feeling overly confident, along with excessive sexual desire. Acharya Prashant reframes this condition, asking if it isn't the case with almost everybody in general. He suggests that while the degree of the disorder may vary, it is fundamentally present in everyone. He explains that inconsistency of views, instability of opinions, fluctuating identities, and swinging perceptions of the self are the basic constitution of the mind. The mind, he states, lives in and knows only dualities, which are the "poles" in bipolar disorder. When on one pole, the mind is attracted to the other; there is always something else beckoning, an alternative, or something more important. This creates a constant sense of error, a need to correct, and a desire to become someone or something else. He posits that this experience is an almost necessary part of being alive, and therefore, every living being experiences it. The solution, he suggests, is to first understand the mind itself—its workings, urges, actions, motives, processes, its beginning, and its end. He questions whether the problem is truly physical, related to the brain's cells or tissues, because if it were, physical medication would have been a definitive cure. The fact that it is not suggests the problem lies elsewhere. Acharya Prashant concludes that the real solution is to venture into the non-dual, the One that is not polar at all. He asserts that the "right medication" is not a pill but a firm resolve to understand the root of the mind's swings, desires, and urges. He emphasizes that it is possible to be free from this polarity through such understanding and determination.