When asked to choose between the sun and the moon, Acharya Prashant chooses the moon. He explains that the moon shines alone in the darkness and smiles even in its loneliness. It holds the sun in its heart, as its light is borrowed from the sun. The moon waxes and wanes, sometimes disappearing completely, but it never stops shining or abandons its moonlight. It is not like the sun, which is invincible, immensely powerful, and a 'bully' that pierces. The sun is so large that where it is, there is no darkness; it does not have to struggle. All planets revolve around the sun, which is likened to the Truth or Brahman. The moon, in contrast, is described as small and lonely ('tanha'). It has to fight the darkness, facing challenges and adverse situations, yet it never gives up its love (the sun) or its affection (the moonlight). The moon is defeated every month but rises again from the dead like a phoenix. The speaker quotes Kabir Saheb, saying, "The child of a true Guru neither dies nor is killed." He feels the moon is like him because it has to struggle. He reminisces about his love for the moon since his teenage years, having written many poems dedicated to it, including one with the line, "When my moon walks with blemishes, who gave you the right to be so white?" The speaker explains that the darkness of the night is a metaphor for our life and our situation. The moon demonstrates that one can be illuminated even in darkness, provided one is ready to be a representative of the sun, which is Truth or the Self. When asked if self-knowledge is like the sun or the moon, he clarifies that self-knowledge happens to the moon, as the moon is the one who can love. Self-knowledge is the moon remembering that its existence comes from the sun, that the sun is its love, and its duty is to spread the sun's light throughout the night. While most beings see only the darkness, the one who sees the moon is blessed with love.