Acharya Prashant explains that the elimination of the ego involves suffering that is even greater than the suffering caused by the ego itself. People often seek spiritual methods to remove the experience of suffering, but genuine methods do not merely suppress symptoms; they go to the roots. He distinguishes between fake methods, which offer quick solutions like pleasure or happiness to distract from symptoms, and genuine methods, which expose the entirety of suffering. Using the analogy of an iceberg or a tree, he notes that conscious suffering is only a small fraction of the total; to truly uproot it, one must face the hidden eight-ninths, which is an arduous and painful process.