Acharya Prashant clarifies that the common understanding of being a 'master of oneself' is often a form of deep slavery. He explains that there are two ways to be enslaved: the first is through direct external commands, which is easy to recognize. The second, more dangerous way is through internal conditioning, where instructions are 'loaded' into the mind like a chip. In this state, a person believes they are acting out of their own free will, but they are actually following scripts implanted by society, education, media, and religion. This makes liberation nearly impossible because the individual does not even realize they are a slave.