Acharya Prashant responds to a question about the conflict between the forces of superstition and the forces of ego and materialism. He states that it is up to the individual to decide whether to support such forces. He explains that society is like an open field where the majority's belief prevails; whatever the majority starts to believe becomes prevalent among others as well. He agrees that two poles have been created. One pole consists of people who have reduced religion to the level of superstition, where only conventions, traditions, and old remedies are followed, and this is called religion. On the other side are those who call themselves modern and liberal, and they say that religion is a useless thing. Neither of these two sides has its own wisdom; they are people who follow the crowd. If you stop supporting them, both these sides will weaken on their own. Neither of these sides has any original strength; they are just copycats. Only truth has the original strength and the courage to walk alone. Truth is not with either of these sides. One side has superstition, and the other has false prejudices and ego. They will not be able to last because they are running on the energy they get from the crowd. He laments that most people do not have their own wisdom. He refers to the Bhagavad Gita, where Shri Krishna tells Arjun that if he does not follow Dharma, others will follow his example, as the leading people of society are emulated by the rest. Most people are followers. There are a few who are the nodes, the centers of mischief and unrighteousness. If you stop supporting them, the entire foolish community you see will collapse. Just as one must strike Ravana's navel, the center, similarly, one must directly target the people leading these two factions. It is a good thing that the number of such leaders is not very large. This is not a time to be neutral or impartial. In a battle between Ram and Ravan, or between Duryodhan and Shri Krishna, neutrality has no meaning. If you are neutral, you are on the side of Ravan because his power is greater. If you are truly a supporter of truth, you have to stand against the darkness. Those who call themselves religious are actually superstitious, and those who claim to be separate from religion are actually arrogant. Both these sides are left, and where has Dharma gone in between them? It is nowhere. For supremacy and power, two forces are fighting, and both are forces of darkness. In the battle of Ram and Ravan, at least Ram was on one side. Today, it is a strange transitional period where darkness is fighting darkness. If one side wins, darkness wins, and if the other side wins, darkness wins again. Light is standing far away, watching, not being counted at all.