Acharya Prashant explains that to perform desireless action (Nishkam Karma), one does not need eligibility (yogyata) or qualification (paatrata), but rather a specific state (sthiti). This state is the realization of one's own incompleteness (apurnata). When you are incomplete, you seek completeness, and then you have no business with the world; this is desireless action. It requires the acceptance and understanding that nothing but stumbles can be gained from the world. The speaker emphasizes that desireless action is a matter of choice (chunav), not grace (anugrah). To speak of grace is to postpone action and place the responsibility on someone else. Everyone inherently knows their bowl is empty and that they have gained nothing substantial in life; one's own face in the mirror reveals this emptiness. The issue gets stuck at the point of choice. Some people lack the courage to admit they are only getting hurt and being rebuffed, and that a change is necessary. They continue in their old ways, while another kind of mind chooses to no longer deceive itself. This choice must be made by the individual, as no external power will make it for them. Grace is described as ever-present, unconditional, and omnipresent, like air or sunlight. It is our choice whether to accept it or not. To wait for the compassion (anukampa) of the air to breathe is a flawed argument, especially when one has put a clip on their own nose. Similarly, blaming fate (bhagya) or destiny (prarabdha) is a way of hiding the lie that we are not making the right choice. Fate does not change; a person's mind changes, and when the mind changes, fate changes. The Giver is constantly giving, but if one hides in a cave, they cannot receive the sunlight. The choice to come out is one's own. Ultimately, people are most afraid of their own mastery (malkiyat) or sovereignty (swamitva), which is the Self (Atma) or Truth (Satya). Accepting this mastery means accepting total responsibility, which people are not ready for. They prefer to pretend to be small and helpless, like a 25-year-old who claims to be 12 to avoid the responsibilities of adulthood. The biggest hidden secret is that we are not small; we are pretending to be small. The Self is our truth and strength, while the ego (ahankar) and weakness (kamzori) are our pretense (paakhand/dhong).