Edited by Nicholas Ribush. We interpret the ego as some sort of physical entity. Therefore, it is necessary to discover that the ego is mental, not physical. That's so worthwhile. We have such a short time to realize egolessness, but searching for it is what differentiates us from animals.
Animals enjoy the sense world and conduct their lives to the best of their ability.
But even rats and mice can look after themselves with ego and attachment. They can collect and store food many times their own weight. Therefore, I think it's so worthwhile and so important that while we occupy these precious human bodies, with all our intelligence and where everything has come together, we use our ability to seek our inner nature and release ourselves from all the problems of mental defilement, which come from our ego. Everything we've done since the time we were born until now has come from our ego, but it's all been so transitory and our pleasure has been so small. Don't put yourself down.