Acharya Prashant addresses an apparent contradiction regarding nature's role. He clarifies that a better way to understand the statement 'nature wants to keep you in bondage' is that 'you want to remain bound to nature.' He explains this using the metaphor of nature as a mother and humans as her children. Nature gives us birth and this body, and to that extent, we are connected to and initially bound by it, just as a small child is attached to its mother. However, nature is a good mother; she has given humans unique tools and abilities, such as intelligence and consciousness, to grow up and become healthy youths. The choice then lies with the individual: whether to use these God-given abilities to move beyond the confines of nature or to remain in its secure lap. Most people choose not to use these gifts because moving away from the familiar security of nature's lap is frightening. It's like a child who, even at 40, refuses to leave the mother's home. The mother, though disappointed, respects this choice and continues to provide for the child. Similarly, nature will sustain us even if we choose to remain dependent, but that is not her true desire. Nature's true intention is revealed through the gifts she has bestowed upon us. The special gift of consciousness and intelligence given to humans is meant to be used for liberation. To misuse these gifts is like using a pen to pick one's nose or a sword meant for great battles to chase puppies. Nature's wish is for her child—humanity—to use its potential to transcend nature itself. The fulfillment of the birth given by nature is to go beyond it. The mother's joy is not in her child remaining perpetually dependent, but in seeing the child grow, leave the nest, and 'rule the world' in a spiritual sense, achieving liberation.