Acharya Prashant explains that for one who has remembered falsehood as falsehood, a great responsibility of action (karma) arises. He clarifies that this remembrance is not merely about sitting in satsang or reciting scriptures, but about truly knowing falsehood for what it is. Once this knowledge dawns, one cannot escape the action that must follow. He uses an analogy: if you previously thought your house was filled with decorative items but now realize it's all garbage, you cannot avoid the action of cleaning it. Right action (samyak karma) is the echo and follower of right remembrance (samyak smaran). Once you have identified the garbage in your life, which you previously considered beautiful or useful, you are compelled to perform the action of cleaning. Spirituality, he states, is simply this process of cleaning. The sole purpose of life is to clean. When asked what karma means, the answer is cleaning, specifically referring to right, desireless action (samyak nishkam karma). There is nothing else worth doing. If this task seems small, it only means one is not aware of the depth and stubbornness of their own garbage. The garbage is plentiful, deep, and sticky; it does not want to be removed. He concludes that the only worthwhile activity in life is this cleaning. Whatever one does, they should ask if it contributes to this process. He mentions that the tools for this cleaning are a broom for inanimate garbage and a sword for conscious garbage. Satsang is where these tools are handed to you, but the cleaning itself is a self-service task. The teacher can show the way, but you must do the cleaning yourself.
