Thanks for the replies.
When I say ego I speak of the force that keeps us blind to reality. Ego is an illusion that was created over time to give us the sense of separation, hate, scarcity, pain, etc. This is so (A) we would know what pleasure felt like (the opposite of pain); and (B) so the universe could experience its perfection (without an environment of relativity you cannot compare yourself and thus be or feel what it is to be something). The illusion of ego is necessary so that we see the beauty in reality. Ego is just a tool, a belief system.
Most of us believe the we are our ego. We identify with mind, body, ego, etc. You, however, are not your ego -- you are yourself, your spirit. When you kill the ego and channel directly to your higher self 24/7 you are free to bask in pure joy, abundance, love and wealth all the time. Ego tells us that life is hard; life, however, is actually tremendously easy. Once you kill ego, you remove all the nets and you are free to create your reality, instead of reacting to it.
When you kill your ego it doesn't mean that you become this new-age 'free spirit' hippy person. It means you're able to experience life without all the unnecessary fear-based thoughts that hold us down. Aiming to stay alive, however, the ego will continue to provide you with evidence that it is necessary (by filling you with thoughts of the past and the future) and other information to keep you from experiencing the beauties of life. Once you kill the ego you realize that joy is eternal, the universe is perfect, and that every circumstance and person that comes into your life in a gift and is to be grateful for.
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