Thanks to The Galactic Free Press.

The ego needs props for an identity born of ideas, images and thought.

It searches for perfection through the mind – for an identity that never dies.  This process is like trying to catch smoke with your hand.

The ego is driven by a will to dominate and control, with no consideration for others. It needs to be somebody, because it cannot bear to be nobody.

It is a false identity that exists only within the mind and it dissolves without attention.  It is only illusion that we exist, separate from existence — we do not.
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