Acharya Prashant explains that the ego self, or the 'I', is a product of time because everything it identifies with is derived from experiences and relationships accumulated over time. This 'I' is inherently incomplete and constantly seeks to complete itself by attaching to external objects, people, and concepts. He uses the analogy of a snowball to describe how the ego gathers layers of identity, which only leads to increased suffering and internal conflict as these various identities often clash with one another. To discover the timeless, one must realize that everything time provides is futile and false, and that seeking redemption or liberation in the future is a misunderstanding of reality. He further clarifies that totality or 'yog' is not an aggregation of partial things. The mind mistakenly believes that by accumulating more partial experiences or knowledge, it will eventually reach the total. However, totality is a different dimension altogether. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that the 'I' sense itself is a concept and a form of 'begging' for completeness. True sanity and timelessness arise when one gives up hope in time and realizes that the partial can never become the total through simple addition. One must be willing to see the falseness of their current state, which leads to the dissolution of the ego. Finally, the speaker addresses the difficulty of reaching a state beyond the mind. He points out the paradox in wanting to 'experience' death or the total while preserving the self. To reach the total, the partial—the ego—must be annihilated. This requires total attention to how the ego operates in every moment. By seeing the partiality of one's actions, intentions, and relationships, the ego begins to drop away. This process is described as a form of death that one must be willing to pay as a price for eternal life, driven by a deep love for truth that transcends the fear of self-destruction.