A 19-year-old man expresses his deep depression and restlessness, stemming from his work at a plastics shop where he feels compelled to lie, and a profound lack of love, understanding, and liberation in his life. He states that despite listening to Acharya Prashant for hours, he finds no satisfaction. When asked to choose, he prioritizes love over liberation, lamenting that he has no one to share his heart with. Acharya Prashant identifies the root of the young man's suffering as lust (Kaamvasna). However, he clarifies that lust itself is not the problem, but rather the lack of understanding about it. He explains that lust is a natural bodily process, just like the nose is a part of the body. The body is a machine with its own functions, primarily survival and reproduction, which is driven by lust. The issue is not lust, but the foolish entanglement with the body due to a lack of understanding of what one is, what work is, and what lust is. The speaker explains that the core problem is the ego's identification with the body, which he terms the "Jad-Chetan Granthi" – the knot of the inert (body) and the conscious (self). This identification arises from the ego's inherent sense of incompleteness and loneliness. Consequently, the ego makes an illegitimate demand on the body to remove this loneliness, a demand the body cannot fulfill. This same futile expectation is then projected onto gurus. Acharya Prashant asserts that this loneliness is imaginary, and the real task is to remove the imagination of the disease, not the disease itself. He concludes that the path to freedom is not easy and requires lifelong spiritual practice (sadhana) and effort, not just emotional outpourings. It involves understanding the world, struggling with it, and winning freedom from its bondages, as the world and the ego are two sides of the same coin. He advises that to win the inner battle, one must also be capable of fighting the outer battles. The solution lies in understanding that the disease is imaginary, a realization that requires dedicated effort and not just passive listening or rituals.