step 7     LET GO OF THE EGO    back to base

Tao Tao te Ching 9

we try to control our circumstance so worried about our safety that we make ourselves miserable and add to the unhappiness.

we let go of our desire to control circumstances which puts us outside
we let go of our conditioning that promises safety and happiness but delivers anxiety and fear
we let go of our of total identifiction with ego.
we are not born with an ego, it is part of our conditioning..a necessary stage, but its not the final stage,

upward to  step 8