Acharya Prashant explains that realization, liberation, or enlightenment is not something objective and cannot be found by looking at others or the external world. He asserts that looking outward to judge if another person is enlightened is merely a continuation of the mental activity that causes misery. Instead, one must go inward to examine their own mind, disturbances, and restlessness. He clarifies that every human action, whether sipping tea or purchasing shoes, is ultimately a chase for enlightenment or peace. The speaker suggests that the moment one realizes the mind is unreliable and stops seeking answers through it, the mind ceases its restless activity. He emphasizes that the question of how to reach the self through the mind should not be answered but should serve as a full stop to mental projection, as seeing the unreliability of the mind allows one to go beyond it.