Lesson delves into the fundamental human search for lasting happiness and fulfillment, highlighting the challenges of finding contentment in a changing world.

There are three core human needs: (a) freedom from time-bound existence, (b) freedom from ignorance, and (c) freedom from smallness. It explains why conventional pursuits fail to provide lasting satisfaction, using examples to illustrate the zero-sum nature of situational happiness.

A prakriya (method) is introduced to distinguish between incidental and intrinsic attributes of the self.

Finally, we see the intrinsic nature of the self (atman) is Sat-cit (Existence-Awareness), comparing it metaphorically to light on a stage which illumines everything without getting involved in what it lights up.

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