All the greatest minds that have walked on Earth have told us our ego is our biggest enemy.

It is something that is there in every human being. For some of us it’s more, for some of it’s less.

We’ve been taught that in love there is no ego.

We’ve been told about the male ego.

We’ve experienced our own ego clashes.

We’ve all been slapped by Ego’s heavy hand.

It’s the slap that makes us human.

And we deserve it when we’ve made a mistake, or acted selfishly or insensitively. That’s what makes us human. That’s when we make mistakes. That’s when we realise we are all the same, full of flaws and full of gifts. But if we want to be better human beings then maybe it’s time to learn from the ancient and the wise.

“Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.” – Laotze