Acharya Prashant explains that stress and anxiety are persistent states that only occasionally become visible. He argues that the intermittent nature of stress is actually a disadvantage, as constant stress would force an individual to seek liberation. The primary reason people continue to live wrongly is the delay between a wrong action and its painful consequence, a phenomenon he attributes to the deceptive nature of time and Maya. He asserts that stress is fundamentally a conflict between two internal forces: the pull toward the Truth and the pull toward Falsehood. To resolve this tension, he outlines three approaches. The first is to completely embrace Falsehood, which is easier because it is tangible and immediate. The second is hypocrisy, where a person divides their life between religious rituals and sinful actions to maintain a sense of self-respect. The third and most authentic way is to surrender entirely to the Truth. While this is the simplest path, it often appears the most difficult to a clouded mind.