Acharya Prashant addresses the common human tendency to prefer ritualistic actions over the fundamental requirement of spiritual awakening. He explains that while people are willing to perform various religious activities like pilgrimages, fasting, and chanting, they resist the call to 'wake up' because awakening implies the dissolution of the ego and its dreams. He notes that rituals and mechanical processes are popular because they do not require consciousness; they can be performed even in a state of mental sleep or by a machine. He highlights that the fear surrounding Artificial Intelligence arises because humans have been living mechanically, and machines are now proving to be more efficient at those very processes, making the unconscious human redundant.
