Acharya Prashant addresses the question of being unable to forget the past. He begins by stating that the past does not attack; rather, you invite it. The past does not have an independent existence; it is not an uninvited guest. You find some pleasure in calling upon it. Otherwise, if there were no pleasure, the past would have been forgotten long ago. The truth is that you deliberately ignore what is present to call upon the past. If you were not getting some kind of enjoyment from it, the past would have been forgotten long ago. He suggests an experiment: consider all the moments you have lived. You will find that you only remember two kinds of moments: those of great happiness and those of great pain. This is because, in both instances, the ego gets strengthened. In moments of happiness, you say, 'This is what I wanted, and it happened,' which pleases the ego. In moments of pain, you say, 'The exact opposite of what I wanted happened,' which is a great sorrow. In both, the central point is 'what I wanted'—the ego. The mind will never forget these moments of pleasure and pain because they nourish the ego. You will not let yourself forget them. The mind is cunning; it enjoys roaming in the past and then complains that the past is overwhelming. Acharya Prashant explains that the attempt to forget is a way of remembering. The mind holds on to the past by trying to forget it. He clarifies that the past is already present within you; your entire body is a product of the past. The entire history of humanity is present within you. You do not need to remember it; it is a database that is available. When you truly need something from it, it will be provided. He advises to live in the present moment. The past cannot be lost, and the future cannot run away because both are present in the now. When you are immersed in the now, that is sufficient.