Acharya Prashant explains that violence is fundamentally linked to desire and attachment. He states that where there is desire, there is inevitably anger and violence, which prevents a person from experiencing a 'natural death.' A natural death is described as a complete closure where no residues or unfulfilled desires remain. He emphasizes that without a complete death of the ego and past attachments, one cannot experience a complete life. The ego keeps a person in a state of suffering, neither allowing them to live fully nor die peacefully. He suggests that we often cling to the past and memories out of fear, keeping things alive that should have long been released. To live truly, one must be ready to die to the past every moment, as living and dying are two sides of the same coin. He further discusses the concept of 'letting go' as a central teaching in the Taoist and Zen traditions. He explains that our suffering arises from our grip on things that have already passed. By simply dropping these attachments, one finds liberation. Regarding the nature of reality and the laws of physics, Acharya Prashant posits that what we perceive as laws are merely descriptions of our own mental observations. He asserts that the world appears according to the state of one's mind; a mind filled with desire sees only the material world, while a clean and innocent mind perceives the Truth. He concludes that reaching the Truth does not require intellectual cleverness or analysis, but rather a state of innocence and purity of vision, free from the webs of worldly cunning.
