Acharya Prashant addresses a question about a quote from Swami Vivekananda, which states that the world is ready to give up its secrets if one knows how to give it the necessary blow. Acharya Prashant clarifies that one does not need to give any blow to the world. He explains that Swami Vivekananda's perspective comes from Vedanta, a central tenet of which is that the world is but one's own reflection. Therefore, it is not wise to keep doing things with the world for one's betterment without directly looking at oneself. The blow is not to be delivered to the world, but to oneself. The speaker elaborates that there is no secret the world is hiding. The issue lies in the internal walls we have raised, which screen the truth from us. These walls of ignorance are what deserve the blows, and the effort to do so must be largely internal. The world is like an open book to the one whose eyes are open. If you cannot read the world, it is because you must first look at your own condition. One can know if their eyes are closed if they often stumble, find their expectations leading to trouble, or are in the grip of anxiety, stress, and despair. If the world manages to surprise you, put you in despair, or even throw great pleasures at you, it means you do not know the world. Those who truly know the world are neither attracted to it nor averse to it; they find it neither pleasurable nor are they disdainful towards it. There is a great delight in knowing the world that is higher than the greatest pleasure. The world itself has no consciousness or agency to hide things; it is you who hide things from yourself. This happens because we are so enchanted by the external world—its fears, allurements, and future concerns—that we have no time or incentive to look at ourselves. The solution is to fight yourself, not the world. The first emphasis must be on correcting the knower of the world, which is the self. This requires putting your attention 'in here' rather than 'out there', pausing from regular activities, and developing the knack of observing yourself in the middle of action, emotion, and thought. This self-observation is how one gains insight and discovers the secrets that were never hidden.