Acharya Prashant explains that the two extremes of blind faith in spirituality and its complete rejection are fundamentally the same, as both are rooted in belief rather than inquiry. He states that those who blindly accept traditional or religious ideas are not questioning, and similarly, those who reject the entire field of spirituality, convinced it is full of charlatans, are also operating from a belief, albeit a so-called progressive or modern one. In both cases, people are not truly inquiring or seeking the truth. Real wisdom or spirituality, he clarifies, is about inquiry and does not exist to reinforce beliefs on any end of the spectrum. The spiritual path is not about straddling between these two extremes but going beyond them. He posits that it is the fundamental nature of human consciousness to know, and without knowing, one cannot be at rest or peace. This innate drive to know is why we dislike being lied to, as it prevents us from knowing the factual truth. The nature of consciousness is to inquire, and even a newborn is constantly exploring to know its world. Spirituality, therefore, is about knowing, not believing, and is independent of any belief system. It is a process of questioning to discover the reality of both the seen universe (the object) and the seeing mind (the subject). He provides examples of spiritual processes, such as a scientist experimenting in a laboratory or a person introspectively writing a diary. He notes that the central texts of Vedanta, like the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, are structured as dialectical conversations, not one-sided preaching, citing the dialogues between Gargi and Yajnavalkya, and Arjun and Shri Krishna. He contrasts this with modern ideologies where people often operate from primal, animalistic instincts and use logic merely to defend them, which he labels as superstition. He concludes that a lot of what is ancient is, in fact, very scientific, pure, and egalitarian, while a lot of what is considered modern is actually superstitious. True spirituality is a process of conversation and inquiry, not the blind acceptance of any authority or belief.