There's harmful egos, and there's helpful egos - the ego isn't the problem, it's what you do with it.

I'm beginning to realise it's ok to have ego. The ego is what gives us our personality, our attitude and our perspective.

The main thing, really, is that you're not hurting others, or the environment. That's the goal of being a good person - do no harm.

You can have no ego at all and still harm others.

The internal experience is all very well and good, but there is an external world to experience as well. The goal, imo, is not total depersonalisation - nor is it total egoism/narcissism. It is to cultivate balanced internal and external experiences in order to have a positive affect on the world around you.

It is to bring the lessons from your inner journeys to the outside world; it is to bring the lessons from the outside world to the inner realms. There must be a balance.