Acharya Prashant explains that multitasking is not inherently problematic if all actions are dedicated to a single, meaningful goal. He uses the example of a mother caring for a child; her love for the child makes various parallel tasks—like massaging, monitoring, and waiting for medicine—acts of devotion rather than distractions. The real issue is a divided mind, which occurs when one is torn between opposing forces like love and fear or truth and untruth. When the mind is focused on one point of love, multiple tasks are performed with grace and without a sense of burden. Regarding past trauma, Acharya Prashant observes that trying to forget a painful event is the surest way to keep it alive in memory. People often avoid pain because they fear it will break them, but he asserts that deep grief actually purifies the individual. He advises against suppressing emotions or resisting the 'poison' of past experiences. Instead, one should experience the pain fully and allow tears to flow, as this leads to the eventual exhaustion and release of the stored grief. He emphasizes that there is no shame in crying or being in grief, and one should accept these states as naturally as any other experience without the constant demand for happiness.
