Acharya Prashant explains that the body is a conditioned machine and its processes, such as breathing, are habitual rather than natural in the deepest sense. He clarifies that freedom does not mean stopping the physical processes of the body or breaking the machine, but rather not being attached to or identified with it. Just as one wears clothes but remains free of them, one can inhabit a body without being a slave to its biological compulsions or physical attributes. He emphasizes that identifying with the body's moods, complexion, or size limits one's true self-worth.
