A questioner shares his experience of following various spiritual organizations and gurus. He practiced rituals like waking up at 3:30 AM to talk to a deity, following a fruit-only diet, and visualizing energy balls. Instead of progressing, he regressed into depression. After listening to Acharya Prashant and changing his company and habits, his life improved significantly, and he was able to stop his medication. His only remaining concern is an occasional desire to watch Bollywood movies, fearing it might lead him back to his old ways. Acharya Prashant humorously notes the questioner's tendency to follow organizations and gurus. He then addresses the larger issue, stating that the problem is not the false gurus themselves, but the followers who elevate them. He explains that people follow these figures not because of their truth, but due to their popularity, the number of their subscribers, and recommendations from friends. This creates a snowball effect where more people join simply because a crowd has already gathered, making the truth irrelevant. Acharya Prashant argues that the forces that elevate wrong people are present in all spheres of life, leading to the rise of wrong actors, politicians, and thinkers. He gives examples of professors at premier institutions like IIT Bombay and IIT Chennai promoting superstition from their platforms. He questions how national civilian awards can be given to superstition-spreaders when the Indian constitution mandates promoting a scientific temper. When people in power endorse such figures, the common person is misled into believing they are great and follows them blindly. The speaker asserts that India's downfall has been caused by false religion and superstition, which has broken, enslaved, and looted the country. This false spirituality has also prevented people from reaching true Dharma, which is found in the Upanishads and the Gita's concept of Nishkama Karma. Instead, the common Indian has been engaged in various tricks and rituals in the name of religion. He concludes that a lie becomes most fatal when it takes the form of religion.