You can't talk about the ego without putting it in context.. ie: in terms of the process and purpose of existence.. the development of individualized self conscious awareness as opposed to the absolute's (god's) undifferentiated consciousness of onenessQuote from gucci:
Fascinating stuff.You see I still can learn from you. What do you think about my qoute? Does it contain any common sense?
Put simply the universe is an expression of god's awareness.. (in effect we are thoughts inside the mind of god) and our job is to develop the ego sufficiently so that god may know all aspects of itself.. being all that has ever been or will be it can only meditate on itself.. our awareness is the great work

This is it. He is definitely inside my head. Now I know how SpongeBob SquarePants felt when the evil Plankton took control of his brain.