Acharya Prashant explains that keeping a check on the consequences of one's actions is a great way to self-reflect and to know who you are. He states that unless you know what you desire, you cannot know who you are. The way to know your desire is by seeing what you get in life, because you are only getting what you are desiring. This is the way of the ego; it proceeds on desire. Therefore, one must see what they are getting from life continuously as a result of their actions, as that is what they are truly desiring. You are your desire; you are the quality of your desire. To practice this, one should observe what they are getting, which relationships are strengthening, and from whom they are drifting away. It is important to see where you are found and where you are not found, and to look at the final result of all this. Stories can be complicated, and getting lost in their details prevents one from knowing the truth. Instead, one should keep the story aside and ask for the conclusion. For example, after a long story of a relationship, if the conclusion is a breakup, then that breakup is exactly what was wanted. For the sake of that result, the entire drama was enacted, perhaps not intentionally but subconsciously. The result is what was ultimately wanted. Being particular about the consequences is why the wise ones gave us the principle of karma. For the layman, the principle of karma is simply the principle of consequences; you will have to pay up and cannot go scot-free. It is important for people to be mindful of 'karmaphala', which means consequences. The speaker criticizes how the time-tested theory of karma is being rubbished aside in favor of pop theories like 'living in the now'. He clarifies that living in the now is a very special state applicable only to those who are already liberated. For others, they must be very conscious of the future. It is by remaining conscious of the future that one will ultimately get freedom from the future. By being extremely conscious, you will gain freedom from consciousness itself. By minding your actions and their results, you will ultimately gain freedom from the actor. Your bondage is ignorance of the actor (the ego). The actor is hidden and subtle, but can be known by looking at the results of its actions. Looking at the results of actions is the one foolproof way to know the actor, and when you know the actor, you gain freedom from the actor.