Acharya Prashant explains that life does not operate according to our personal desires, and the loss of material things often leads to pain. However, he distinguishes between pain and suffering, stating that pain becomes suffering only when we prioritize trivial, external objects over our inner core. He uses the metaphor of a safe to describe the indestructible inner treasure that every individual possesses. While external thieves—representing life's challenges, aging, or loss—can take away peripheral belongings like furniture or plants, they cannot touch the safe without our consent. Suffering arises when we are unaware of this inner treasure and mistake small losses for the destruction of our entire being. To know that one is wasting importance on the trivial is the essence of self-knowledge.