The point isn't to deny our Egos, but to extricate ourselves from our exclusive preoccupation with them.
Ram DassSo many times each day we support each other informally without ever becoming 'helper' or 'helped.' Perhaps we're finding an article of clothing for a partner, cutting bread for one of the children, collecting the mail for the person at the next desk, holding the coat for someone at a restaurant.
Ram Dass