I appreciate your point of view Steve and I totally agree that waging war on the ego is more ego. In fact, I have often fallen into this trap myself and I deeply appreciate the reminder to not become identified (and thus more ego) with being ego-less or anything.
To me, transcending the ego is more about acquiring humility and finding my true self then anything else. It is impossible to alleviate the suffering of the world until every individual awakens. Of course, each individual has to make an individual choice to awaken and my consciousness is all I can take responsibility for.
One thing, that I think is important to keep in mind is to always be in a state of consciousness of either peace/acceptance, joy, or enthusiasm. The only thing I can do is to bring that state of consciousness into the actions I perform on a daily basis. As human beings, we are subservient to the whole. There is no other way. Everyone learns from each other. Life is a constant growing process, unfolding the breath of spirit in every small action.
I think it's important to remain mindful of everyone's differences. Apathy is a natural consequence of unconscious living - of not realizing that you are part of the whole. That is an unfortunate predicament that has to be appropriated the proper compassion (not I feel sorry for you in dignified better than thou compassion, but a feeling of love from within). We cannot blame unconscious human beings for being unconscious, we cannot resist it or have internal resistance to it. In doing so, we only strengthen that which is false and fall into the trap of unconsciousness and separateness.
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