You can't outrun the ego

As long as we live in a body we have an ego. Pure awareness does not exist in any of us. Not even the greatest enlightened masters lived without an ego. To have a body, to have a brain guarantee’s an ego exists. You cannot function independently of existence and not have one. No matter how aware we become we still will be plagued by subtle influences of the ego. It is like a dirty filter that prevents the passage of pure water into a container. This allows for a wide range in perception and expression of truth, but it can also dilute and contaminate a message which is true but impure in expression. Always remember that your personal truth is a discovery that will take many wrong turns and at times you will find yourself in dark rooms of consciousness. This is the meaning of the bible verse, we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. Our hearts know very well what is our personal truth and the ultimate truth, but the journey home is filled with a maze of perceptions we all have to pass through.