On a relative level where we live, we need to have a sense of identity, otherwise we'd fall apart, wouldn't we?
Tenzin PalmoThere are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.
Tenzin PalmoWhen one has a decisive realization of the inherent nature of the mind, which has no ego, it has no sense of duality between oneself and the cup, and a deep sense of interpenetration of the whole dharma. Then whatever we do is spontaneously perfect Buddha activity. And anybody who is even slightly tuned in will get a very deep experience of that.
Tenzin Palmo