Acharya Prashant explains that one tolerates pressure only when there is an underlying greed or a perceived benefit. He states that no one can truly force you to do anything; if you feel pressured, it is because the decision-maker within you has chosen to endure it for some kind of profit. This choice is made when all the temptations that compel you to tolerate pressure cease to seem significant. He uses the example of a strong athlete, asking who could possibly force such a person to do anything against their will. The desire for profit stems from a sense of lack or incompleteness, which is the very definition of the ego. The ego always finds something lacking, a flaw somewhere, and this gives rise to greed. Once greed is present, anyone who promises to fulfill that lack can become your master and exert pressure, which you then complain about. He emphasizes that no one can put pressure on anyone until you yourself choose slavery. In fact, he says, whenever you choose, you will only choose slavery; the very act of choosing is slavery. We are all clever and believe we are choosing freedom, even when we choose slavery as a means to an end, thinking, "Let's choose slavery today, and through this, we will get great freedom tomorrow." The speaker asserts that whatever is causing suffering in your life, you have chosen it. Conversely, anything that brings you peace and freedom exists despite you; if it were up to you, you would have destroyed it long ago. He compares life to slipping in a bathroom—it just happens, yet we attach doership to our life's events. To be free from suffering, one must realize that the sufferer is the same as the doer. The complaint itself proves that you were acting as the king, the decision-maker. The path to freedom is not about changing but about the dissolution of the doer-self. One must stop being the "one who did it." When you are no longer the one who did the action, the suffering from it will also cease. All past deeds and their consequences can be wiped clean if you let go of the doer. To be free from pressure and bondage, one should not look for external tools or strength but should investigate their own greed and hopes. Action is always driven by the hope for a result, and the doer cannot live without hope. To be free from the doer, one must be free from hope. You don't need to choose what to keep and what to discard; just let go of everything. What is truly yours will remain, and what is not will fall away on its own.