Acharya Prashant explains that things happen, and whether they are good or bad depends on your response, which in turn depends on your inner constitution. He questions the origin of this inner constitution, stating it is not random because as conscious beings, we have the freedom to decide what we must be and to build ourselves up. The one who responds to an experience from within is not a random occurrence; the response to an external stimulus is the result of your entire life journey. For instance, if the same thing happens to two people and they respond differently, it is because something inside them is different, as the external event is the same. This internal state, or "thing inside," comes from the accumulated set of your choices, which is what is popularly called karma. You bring yourself to a stage where you will respond negatively or favorably to an incident. You bring yourself to a stage where an incident will impact you greatly or not at all. This is your doing; it is what you have done. Therefore, it's not that good or bad things are happening to you. Things are things, situations are situations, events are events, and external stimuli are just external. You have no control over them. However, you potentially have all possible control over the one within who responds to external situations. That is where your authority lies, what you can control, and what you must have all power over. This is life, the entire purpose of life, and that is freedom. Otherwise, you are just a slave of situations, which can come and drive you mad. That is no way to live.