Acharya Prashant argues that if somebody could actually and fully implement the popular advice about watchfulness and mindfulness, the dangerous nature of these recommendations would be exposed. He posits that the mindfulness industry has managed to survive only because nobody can practically do what they are advising. If even one person could practically do what is advised, they would prove the debilitating nature of that advice through their own madness. By following the teachings fully, they would go crazy, and that would be the end of these teachings. Fortunately for these teachings, they are so impractical and crazy that they can never be really implemented. Nobody can be so watchful about every morsel of food, every blink of the eye, or every round of respiration. When people cannot implement these teachings fully, they feel that they are guilty and have therefore not benefited from the teachings. The speaker explains that the person who tries to follow these teachings does not realize that if they could implement them fully, they would go crazy. The speaker contrasts this with the state of a true saint. A saint has never been known to be the one who is observant about these minor, microscopic things in life. The saint's heart is elsewhere; he, in fact, ignores these tidbits called daily life. For example, if you look at a saint's clothing, you might find it torn somewhere, and he is oblivious to it. He might be carrying a utensil with a hole, and he would be unaware. The fakir (ascetic) keeps ignoring such things because he is lost somewhere else. That, the speaker concludes, is hardcore spirituality, not the obsessive observation of the mundane.
