Acharya Prashant begins by stating that no species is as foolish as humans. This is not because they are unintelligent or have received something special, but because they have received a kind of "donkey knowledge" that has ruined everything. This knowledge makes humans feel separate from the world, leading to fear and violence. He notes that you cannot find a simple, innocent person; everyone's eyes reflect fear, and a person who is afraid for themselves becomes violent towards others. This fear is instilled from childhood, for instance, when mothers tell their children that a bogeyman will take them away if they don't sleep. Using a couplet from Sant Kabir, "The fish is thirsty in the water, hearing this makes me laugh," Acharya Prashant illustrates the human condition. He explains that all other species, from animals and plants to the smallest microbes, are sustained by nature, regardless of their seemingly adverse conditions. Creatures born in deserts, deep underground, or in the depths of the ocean survive because nature provides for them. They are intrinsically part of their environment and do not need help from another world. For example, a fish has gills to breathe in water, and a human has lungs to breathe in air; the arrangement is already made. Everything in existence is interconnected. In contrast, humans operate under the fatal belief that they are separate from nature, as if sent to Earth by a God into hostile territory. This philosophy of "Man versus Nature" or "Mind versus Matter" leads to the view that the Earth is a temporary inn to be exploited before one "checks out." This destructive mindset is the reason for the ruin of both humanity and the planet. This flawed thinking is rooted in the belief that we are a special creation of God, a notion challenged by scientific truths like Darwin's theory of evolution, which suggests we evolved from monkeys. This hurts the human ego, which prefers to see itself as divinely created. Acharya Prashant asserts that we are not separate from nature; we are an expression of it, just as a leaf is an expression of a tree. We are, in essence, "stardust." He explains that there are three levels: Truth (the Self), which is never born and never dies; Fact (Nature), which is in a constant cycle of birth and death; and Imagination (the ego). Sorrow belongs only to the personal ego, which lives in the illusion of being separate. This illusion is the most poisonous belief, leading to the idea that nature and other beings are merely for our consumption and enjoyment. This is not a religious doctrine but a destructive philosophy. We are not separate from nature; we are nature itself. The river is not foreign to us; we are the river. The tree is not foreign; we are the tree.