Acharya Prashant uses an analogy of a father and his young daughter to explain a spiritual concept. The daughter represents the individual self (Jiva or ego), and the father represents the Supreme Self or Truth. The father always wants to be with his daughter. So, when the daughter wants to go to the market, the father accompanies her, dressed appropriately for the market. When she wants to play football, he goes with her to the field, changing his attire accordingly. If she wants to go swimming, he will be there by the pool, dressed for it. If she wants to go to the mountains, he will be there in warm clothes. The father adapts his form based on the daughter's desires because he wants to remain with her. However, there are times when the daughter, who is the ego, wants to be with her friends and tells her father she wants to go alone. The father knows she is not mature enough to be left with her friends (worldly attachments). So, even if she goes to a party where parents are not allowed, the father will be there in disguise, perhaps as a waiter or a guard. He might wear a mask. The father knows his daughter is in front of him, but the daughter does not recognize her father. This is likened to Shri Krishna's words to Arjun: "O Arjun! Many of my and your births have passed. I know all of them, O Arjun, but you do not know." The father knows the daughter, but the daughter does not know the father because she is infatuated with someone else, her friends. Acharya Prashant explains that the individual (Arjun, the daughter) is filled with desires, which is why they cannot see the Truth (Krishna, the father) even when it is right in front of them. The speaker says, "When the eye is filled with lust, the truth is not visible." He further elaborates that the word "I" (Aham) is itself a cry for help, a prayer to be saved, a call to Krishna. When one says "I," they are implicitly calling out to Krishna. The moment the daughter gets tired of the party and truly wants to go home, the father reveals himself. The desire for liberation is the key. When one truly calls out, "I want to go home," they find that home is right there, with the father.
