There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right !

So far for humans it has been the case that ego develops and then humans are stuck with it for the rest of their lives.

Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures.

Many things in your life matter, but only one thing matters absolutely.It matters whether you succeed or fail in the eyes of the world. It matters whether you are healthy or not healthy, whether you are educated or not educated. It matter whether you are rich or poor - it certainly makes a difference in your life. Yes, all these things matter, relatively speaking, but they don't matter absolutely.There is something that matters more than any of those things and that is finding the essence of who you are beyond that short-lived entity, that short-lived personalized sense of self.

A self - a me - exists in every thought and every emotion. Suffering arises through complete identification with thinking and emotions.

It wasn't through the mind, through thinking, that the miracle that is life on earth or your body were created and are being sustained.

The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness.