Acharya Prashant explains that filling one's life with all sorts of small, petty issues, like being preoccupied with lizards, mice, and cockroaches from morning to evening, is the greatest sin. The punishment for this is not given by anyone else; life itself becomes the punishment. A life spent among cockroaches and crickets is a great punishment in itself. The greatest punishment is when the infinite calls, and you choose a cockroach instead. The Sufis, for this reason, called their beloved a 'killer,' saying, 'You have killed me, you are a murderer, you have left me nowhere.' Truth is for the one who is ready to be killed. Truth is for the one who says, 'Why do you take the trouble? I will provide the dagger myself.' He illustrates this with a story about a rabbit running frantically, believing the sky is falling. Many other animals, like deer, nilgai (blue bull), and rhinoceros, join the panicked race without questioning. Finally, they meet an elephant who stops them and asks the breathless rabbit what is happening. The rabbit says the sky is falling and he is running to save himself. The elephant, being a bit audacious, scolds the rabbit and says if the sky falls, it will fall on him first. He takes the rabbit to the spot where the panic started. There, a fruit falls from a tree with a thud, and the rabbit jumps in fear, exclaiming, 'It fell! Run!' The speaker connects this to the human condition, stating that the more fear and ignorance one has, and the more one desires to remain as they are, the faster they run and make others run with them. If ignorance is removed, the race stops. Acharya Prashant presents two perspectives. One is that Maya (illusion) makes the whole world dance, a point the saints have sung about with great relish, seeing everyone as puppets of Maya. The opposite is also said, as sung by Bulleh Shah, 'Love has made me dance.' This refers to the dance for the Supreme, the beloved, the Truth, the peace of the heart. Both statements are correct in their own place. In a way, both are making us dance together. From your side, you are dancing for peace, but because you are ignorant, you dance in a way that brings nothing but restlessness. This is the dance of Maya, as Kabir Saheb says, 'The path of the beloved is difficult, like the edge of a sword. You have come out to dance, but how can you with such a veil?' You are dancing with a veil and falling a hundred times. Truth is the cause of all the sorrow in the world and also the cause of all the joy. Truth itself is an inactive doer, but it is the cause. The cause is always the ego. Truth is always there, inside and outside, up and down, in every moment. It is like our heartbeat; you cannot escape it. That very Truth can elevate someone to the sky, and because of that same Truth, someone can fall into the abyss. It depends on you. When you hear the call of Truth, you can either rise up or be destroyed. The one who wants to be with Truth will rise to the sky. The one who wants to oppose Truth will find they have to fall very low to oppose it. All the suffering in your life, from the smallest to the biggest, is only because you are trying to escape from that which is inescapable.