Acharya Prashant addresses the danger of misinterpreting scriptures or recordings when a living Guru is absent. He states that for this very reason, no book, scripture, or text can ever replace a living Guru. To gain awakening through scriptures, one must be very, very awake. In fact, one who desires awakening from scriptures must already be awake. This is because reading a scripture and understanding what is suitable for oneself and in what context something is said is, in itself, Buddhahood. Otherwise, one will never be able to know. The speaker gives the example of Buddha, who could have had his scriptures printed but instead sent his monks to have direct conversations with people. The books were written long after Buddha, not because the art of writing was undeveloped, but because direct interaction was prioritized. Addressing the questioner's experience of realizing things later rather than in the moment, Acharya Prashant explains that this delayed realization happens because something occurred in that moment that was imprinted on the consciousness. If everything were proceeding correctly and naturally, the event would not be remembered or leave a mark on the memory. He uses the analogy of traveling on a road; one doesn't remember the road itself, but an accident on it would be remembered. The fact that something is remembered later proves there was a distortion or something unnatural at that moment. The event was registered on the mind when it happened, but it was not consciously perceived because the mind was preoccupied with other thoughts. When those thoughts subsided, the newly registered event made its presence felt. He further illustrates this with an analogy of having a pile of a thousand letters. If a new, important letter arrives, it might get lost in the pile. You won't know about it immediately. But when you sort through the pile, the letter will eventually appear. The fact that the letter appears later proves it had already arrived; you just read it later because you were busy. The speaker concludes by advising to 'be empty.' When one is empty, there is an inner intelligence that immediately rejects what is fake or doesn't align with one's true nature. This is the only guidance needed to live and make all decisions.