Acharya Prashant addresses the question of how to reclaim happiness by first pointing out that the question itself is asked from a state of unhappiness. He explains that one cannot reclaim a higher happiness while continuing to clutch the lower one, which is the current state of unhappiness. He uses the metaphor of a hand fiercely clutching unhappiness while the person innocently asks how to be happy. The first step, he suggests, is to relax this clutch on unhappiness. Once that is done, the unhappiness itself is gone, and there is no need to talk about it. The speaker elaborates that negative states like unhappiness do not come uninvited; one cooperates with them and gives consent. The solution is to withdraw this cooperation and consent. These states are described as a mirror image; the energy of their embrace is a reciprocal of the energy one puts into embracing them. He suggests that people often enjoy the righteous pleasure that comes with being a victim, claiming they are dominated by their tendencies, when in fact, these tendencies are just responding to the warmth in one's own feelings. To reclaim happiness, one must first relax their own embrace of unhappiness. Higher happiness, he explains, is not difficult to get and is always available, though perhaps in a disguised form and not in the shape or name one imagines. One cannot find it while being in a passionate embrace with falseness. The practice is to pause and question the mind's tendency to immediately conclude, especially in moments of passion, attraction, or revulsion. One should ask, "Is this that I am seeing, that is coming to me, that I am experiencing, all that there is to it?" This reveals that appearances are deceptive and there is more to things than what is immediately perceived. The speaker clarifies that for a person who is already a "slave" to various conditionings, the message is not of surrender but of rebellion. One must first rebel against these false masters to become free enough to surrender. The right way is not to ask "how to do" something, but "how to not do" the usual. The greatest action, he states, sprouts from a state of non-action or relaxation. He encourages experimenting and having the guts to live through uncertainty, rather than seeking advance guarantees. True fullness is not a constant state to be achieved but is the dropping of incompleteness.