It is amazing how much of daily conversation is taken over by
ego. Ego is the background noise from the brains that tries to
interpret the world to us, with the goal of protecting us from
ourselves and the world: “Be careful, it might rain today, take
the umbrella,” is an innocent example of what the ego is telling
you. In the very old days, the ego had a bigger role to play to
warn us of lurking dangers, like beasts, bandits, floods, etc.
However, today it has to deal mostly with less mundane tasks
like reminding you of the umbrella. So far so good and things
look fine on the surface. However, that which is supposed to
help us dodge danger is becoming the danger itself. [Side note:
The last line sounds like one from the script of a horror movie,
and it is meant to be, as my ego wants to draw your attention.
Ego loves attention. It makes it feel alive. It assumes that
attention is needed to be alive. Deep inside, each of us knows
that to be untrue. Back to the dangers of the ego.] Let us look
at things from a