“The ultimate aim of ego is not to see something but to be something.”-Muhammed Iqbal
To a certain extent we need ego to exist in this physical dimension/plane. Without it, we would never get to experience the feeling of being a person, of meeting others, of being sad, angry, of falling in love, etc… The illusion of ego is necessary in order to play this little game of life we have going on. However, technically, the ego doesn’t actually exist.
It’s completely dependent on our belief in it in order to “be” something. But before we jump on the “death to ego” bandwagon, we must recognize that without ANY ego, we don’t get to take part in any of this. And before we go trying to kill it and fight with it, we must also come to terms with the fact that you can’t kill something that isn’t even real.
