It seems a common theme among those who wish for enlightenment to strive to destroy the ego. To become a part of the whole and remove the I.But could not the way of the ego merely be a different path, a changed perspective.When ones ego reaches fullfillment then you would be all things. Some wish to join the universe as you are already apart of it. But I say that it is a part of me. A different ideal entirely. I beleive it may have been said that the ego gets in the way of psicick devolopement like telepathy. But isnt it really that what you view as you you have perfect control over, the act of expanding you field of influence(ego) would come out the same as letting the source or god or w/e enter and become a part of you.Two roads traveling to the same destination from different paths. I am not one with the universe the universe is one with me.