You've raised some very interesting points here. I have watched and seen many a guru talk about loosing the ego and never quite understood it. Yes I get the non material live ect but loosing the ego I've never seen as possible. This I presumed meant I was not ready. But on reflection I kind of like my ego it motivates me to achieve my grand plan (posts to come on this dreckly), I agree you need to learn to control it a lot but wipe it out no. To me its your nature driving you. Thank you for this post a breath of fresh air.
As for the drugs, I think there has to be the right time. I don't partake now but never had a really bad trip or experience. I made sure I was in the right frame of mind and always kept in my head it was a trip and would ware off in a few hours at most. The media and powers that be portray a negative element and this gets into peoples subconscious creating the bad experience. Some of my greatness thoughts and realizations about myself were through drugs.
You are welcome! The literal meaning of the word 'Ego' is simply 'I' in Latin - The self. It is possible to get stuck living with an IDEA of self and thus to be living a kind of false reality and created false version of self and I understand that it is of value to clear out this false version - which is, I feel, where some of the original ideas about removing ego come from. However, the real ego is a requirement of being an individual and is quite balanced and healthy. Real ego comes from love in actuality.
Well put, just clears up a lot of my thoughts and miss connections with teaching I have view. Much appreciated :)
You are welcome!