I'd like to be open minded but I'm just confused and don't quite know who I should be listening to. Maybe you guys can tell me what's good about having ego. I have been reading Dr. Wayne Dyer's "Power of Intention" in which he clearly says that ego is something we must overcome. He doesn't say anything positive about ego. I quote what he writes about ego:
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Ego is simply an idea of who you are that you carry around with you. As such, it can't be surgically removed by having an egoectomy! This idea of who you think you are will persistently erode any possibility you have of connecting to intention.
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What I don't understand in Dr. Dyer's theory is that if nothing in this physical world determines who we are then what does? Who really am I if none of my accomplishment determines who I am? Character? Personality? Are "character" and "personality" considered as ego as well?