Acharya Prashant advises that one should not be quick to forgive themselves when they experience guilt or suffering. He explains that suffering is not random but carries a message and serves as a consequence of one's own state of being. In the modern era, people often use various means of comfort to escape the pain that is meant to lead them toward transformation. He points out that while ancient societies lived with a sense of accountability to a higher power and the law of karma, modern science and philosophy have largely discarded these moral frameworks, leading to a lack of genuine self-reflection.