Acharya Prashant explains that the 'I' an infant speaks of is fake. Life smiles at it, saying it is speaking incorrectly. This 'I' is not real because it is formed from the dust of the parents' bodies and the mind is constructed from reading books and receiving education. He questions what independent existence this 'I' has to be able to say 'I'. He advises to stop saying 'I', but acknowledges this is impossible for us, as doing so would lead to immediate liberation. Therefore, if one must say 'I', one must first earn the eligibility to say it. One must go out, make life meaningful, and become worthy of the word 'I' that has come to the tongue. He further elaborates that all spiritual talk is not about the relationship between two people, but rather about a person's relationship with oneself. The relationship between two individuals is a consequence of their own relationship with themselves. The 'I' is the truth, and in the scriptural language, this is called the Self (Atma). The 'I' that is used in a practical, everyday sense is the ego (Aham). This ego resides in an inner world where it gets nourishment and also suffers; this world is called nature (Prakriti). The ego wants to find everything that is related to the splendor of the Self within the nest of nature. This seeking of the Self in nature is ignorance (avidya). The central issue is that of identity. The problem is not the desire, but the identification. The ego, which is a composite of various falsehoods, lives in a delusion. It creates a nest for itself, which is its world. This nest is built by and for the protection of its bondages, so liberation cannot be found there. The ego, which is dependent and bound, calls itself 'I', thereby claiming to be free. This creates a conflict. The ego's solution is to try harder within its own limited world, which is futile. It does not recognize that it is searching in the wrong place. The right to say 'I' belongs only to that which is truly independent and unattached. The ego, by saying 'I', claims to be free, but its actions—driven by fear and a thirst for freedom—prove its bondage. This is the fundamental delusion: being bound but claiming to be free.