⁣The ego is constantly aware of what it is and what it isn't, drawing conclusions and judgments from both to flesh out the narrative of our value system. It speaks the language of "shoulds" and "should nots", adding emotional weight to one or the other, and going to battle against anything that opposes its system of conclusions. We took on this egoic construction, attaching it to a physical body and then declared that this is who we are.