We have allowed our egos to be misconstrued.

We have been told that the ego is our sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

The portion of truth that has been omitted, is that that the ego is not only the mind.

By being mindful, the ego is revealed as not only I, but also us.

Our ego is our existence.

The ego is supposed to be a personal sense of reality, which is perception.

This should be the pure state of consciousness.

However, by allowing our egos to be misconstrued into solely our self worth, 

we confine our minds to a state of unconsciousness.

Thus, creating mindless existence.