^lol, Rev
Well and I think that the term 'ego' can be defined differently by different people as well. I personally don't believe that we lose our sense of (our 'essence') what makes us individual spirits... but we also remember (or feel... darn language is insufficient) our connection to God/ All That Is/ Divine. So, we look at ourselves with love and not with judgment (at least not in the same way). My mother describes her near-death experience as 'peaceful'... she was still 'herself' but with a different sense. She was not afraid (many would be while floating above and watching themselves flat line... lol, but that's the difference between spirit and body with human fears). Of course, she didn't have the 'life movie' and she didn't have the tunnel either. She was simply outside of herself, watching it all. She also spoke to an angel and passed through a wall so they could talk in the garden outside. The experience was all 'verifiable' too.
Our human selves can much more easily accept that we are victims than that we are victimizers but most of us have been both. Maybe if we're ready when we die, we are able to embrace our enemies and become whole within ourselves. It would be nice to honestly forgive... totally. I'm not there yet
