Acharya Prashant responds to a question about the perfect daily routine by stating that he has never had a set routine and is not the right person to ask. He describes his own day as starting the moment he wakes up and stretches his hand to his workstation, which is his phone. Once the ball is rolling, he doesn't realize when the day ends. He likens this to being on a battlefield, where all meticulous plans are only valid until the first bullet is fired. After that, it is one's sincerity towards the cause that takes them home. In his case, there is always work to do, so he cannot say his routine necessitates going to bed at a specific time. If work is unfinished, he will stay awake until 2 or 3 a.m., giving two hoots to the routine. However, he advises against this lifestyle, calling it a difficult one to bear that is harsh on the physical system and requires a "bull's body." Addressing a follow-up question about why people with good lifestyles still feel empty, Acharya Prashant explains that humans are born for a purpose: freedom from pre-existing bondages. He uses the analogy of yoga classes for inmates in Tihar jail, which make them more peaceful prisoners but do not liberate them. He critiques that a lot of modern yoga and meditation has become this way—a superficial treatment to keep one peacefully confined within their prison. He states that the ideal of this age is a destructive and pathetic one, where even spirituality has become body-centric, focusing on diets and superfoods. He asserts that self-knowledge has nothing to do with superfoods; these are just tricks to keep one confined and satisfied in the cage. He defines the "cage" as anything that exists at the cost of one's freedom. It is a deal where one barters away freedom for something else, such as love, security, or pleasure. The nature of the self is freedom, and a cage is anything around you that you have allowed to be there by valuing it more than freedom. He clarifies that authenticity is one's nature, not something to be inculcated. It is lost when we start valuing other things more. The path to authenticity is to investigate what you are considering more important than authenticity or truth. When you see the true value of those things, they drop, and authenticity shines.