In the spirit of TRP and unlearning the great societal lies that have destroyed many a good man, I believe the concept of the ego is the greatest lie of all and the one that is hardest to unlearn. It is a product of society itself. It seeks to protect us from pain. It hides behind our pain. It took the sleepless night I had last night and many TRP articles and research to come to this conclusion. Just as it has been stated many times on this sub, your happiness must be outcome independent and your confidence must be immune to both the positive and negative. The ego counteracts this because it feeds off of conformity and approval. And that leads to many weak behaviors we talk about on here: fear of approach, fear of self-improvement, etc. It has taken many months of pain and suffering to try to internalize the pill and implement changes in my life, and I believe the source of that struggle is us combating our own egos, which we do not even admit exist, because the greatest lie the devil ever told was making the world believe he did not exist. This has where the pill has taken me, and I will see where the journey goes next.

Here is a good link about the concept of the ego I am referring to: (Very Long Read)

http://deoxy.org/egofalse.htm