Acharya Prashant clarifies that the ego is not a separate entity standing between an individual and the Divine; rather, the individual is the ego itself. He explains that humans exist as incomplete egos who perceive themselves as lacking and therefore constantly seek to attach themselves to external things like families, social groups, or material possessions to find fulfillment. This constant seeking and attachment to worldly objects is a manifestation of this perceived incompleteness and the illusion that external additions can provide wholeness. He distinguishes between the incomplete ego and the complete ego. While the incomplete ego is driven by desire and restlessness, the complete ego is what is referred to as the Soul. The Soul and the Divine are not two separate categories; they are one and the same. When the ego stops seeking externally and turns inward to investigate its own nature and the source of its constant demands, it moves toward completeness. This inward journey is described as being established in the Self. The speaker notes that every human is born as an incomplete ego, which is why a newborn cries out of an inherent sense of lack. The ultimate goal of life is to transcend this state of suffering and achieve total fulfillment. Attaining the Divine simply means reaching this state of completeness where the ego no longer feels the need to grasp at external things. Therefore, the fundamental problem is not the existence of the ego itself, but its state of being incomplete.