Acharya Prashant begins by explaining that the entire Vedantic approach is to inquire into the question, "Who am I?" or "Koham." He states that without self-knowledge, all actions, beliefs, and even existence are futile. Since it is very difficult to know oneself directly, a proxy is used, and that proxy is Karma, or action. The goal is to know the doer (Karta), and because the doer cannot be known directly, their actions (Karma) are used as a surrogate to understand them. This is why Karma is very important, though not for the reasons most people commonly believe. Addressing the topic of rebirth, Acharya Prashant affirms that reincarnation and rebirth are real, but they are deep Vedantic concepts that are badly misunderstood. He clarifies that at the level of the person, there is no reincarnation; the person dies and is not reborn. Instead, it is the "Aham Vritti," the mother tendency or I-tendency, that takes rebirth again and again. He likens this to the ocean and its waves: waves continuously come and go, and while they all share the ocean in common, no single, individual wave is reborn. Similarly, the tendency that speaks through all individuals is what seeks fulfillment through physical existence and keeps taking birth. When asked why good people suffer while bad people seem to prosper, Acharya Prashant explains that if one does something truly good, the reward is instantaneous and does not need to be waited for. If one is waiting for a reward, the goodness of the action is incomplete. The beauty of goodness is that it is its own reward, independent of future outcomes, circumstances, or external parties. Doing the right thing is a product of internal rightness. When one is internally right, they perform the right action, and the action itself is the reward. Conversely, doing something against one's true nature—which is beauty, joy, and freedom—is a wrong action, and the punishment lies in the very act of doing it, which is a great suffocation and humiliation to oneself. He concludes that a great characteristic of the right life is becoming free from the worry of consequences, which is a great unburdening.