Ego

Our ego is an intrinsic part of who we are in this physical experience. But when we truly master the art of observing it and how it operates in our lives, we can accept it without giving it the power to control our life experience.  Eventually it will relinquish the reins of control and comply to the higher power of our real identity...  only then do we begin to live a life of authenticity endowed with love and compassion and our ego becomes the wonderful tool it's supposed to.