Purplefrog, thanks for sharing Tolle. Tolle surely has much to say
about the ego. Truly, the ego will "fight to the death" to save
itself. It is in moments that we witness this death of the egoic...
Please see The Power of Now by Ekhart Tolle. He has a much better
description of the ego's source and inner workings. The egoic mind is
like all those in power - it/they will do anything to survi...