Letting go of ego for lasting happiness

So often, we are told to annihilate our ego, kill our ego or destroy your ego but can one do these?

- ATMAN IN RAVI

Can one destroy their ego, which is their identity? Ego is the one that identifies as 'I', 'my' and 'mine'. From the time we are born, till the time we are gone, it is the ego that identifies us with our body. We say, 'I am Ravi,' 'This is my car,' and 'These properties are mine.' What gives rise to such feelings of possession and thereby, such statements? It is our ego. Unfortunately, because of the ego, we become unhappy. It is the ego that creates the seven monsters of our life anger, hate revenge, jealousy, pride, greed and selfishness. It is because of the ego that our Happpiness dissolves and disappears. Therefore, if we want to be happpy, we must eliminate our ego but we can't. We must let go of the ego but we can't. We can't because ego is our basic identity from the birth to the death of our body and that stays With us until the death of our body. So, there is only one solution to solve the arrogance of the ego and do away with the seven monsters associated with it - We must work towards Enlightening of our Ego.