How does the ego drop?

Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in this streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Identification is involved, pain is involved, difficulty is involved, you are not just keeping…