Acharya Prashant explains that consciousness is not a machine that follows a fixed input-output rule. He clarifies that if a person reacts predictably to a situation—such as always retaliating with a slap or always smiling when insulted—they are acting like a machine rather than a conscious being. Being conscious means being completely unpredictable and not bound by any pre-determined behavior or rules. Whether one chooses to walk away, ignore the situation, or take firm action, the response should arise from a state of total awareness rather than a fixed pattern. He emphasizes that true freedom or liberation means having all options available without being constrained by prejudices, past conditioning, or specific ideologies like being 'violent' or 'Gandhian.' A conscious person does not decide their reaction in advance. Instead, they observe the situation with full attention and allow a spontaneous response to emerge from that state of meditation. This response, born out of pure attention and the absence of mental burdens or disciplines, is the only appropriate action in any given moment.