Acharya Prashant explains Ashtavakra's teaching that bondage, illusion, and even the desire for liberation are false because the soul is inherently free and independent. He asserts that the belief in liberation often reinforces a sense of separation from the source, which is a misunderstanding of one's true nature. When a seeker realizes they are neither the doer nor the enjoyer, the tendencies of the mind begin to dissolve. These tendencies thrive on a sense of incompleteness, but once the realization of wholeness is established, the ego—which is essentially a sense of emptiness—cannot sustain itself. He warns that anyone suggesting that God or liberation is a distant goal to be reached is himself deluded, as such ideas only perpetuate the false sense of being a separate entity. The speaker clarifies that being a 'doer' is a deep-seated illusion embedded in every human action, from crying to eating. In reality, what we perceive as our actions are merely the play of natural tendencies, circumstances, and biological programming. He uses the example of advertisements and physical attractions to show how external stimuli and internal chemicals drive human behavior, while the individual falsely claims ownership of these actions. True freedom from the sense of doership comes from observing life and realizing that the 'I' is not actually involved in the mechanical processes of the body and mind. He concludes that one does not need to 'drop' doership because it never truly existed; it is like waking up from a dream where the perceived actions were never real to begin with.
