Ego and Humanity – When the Need to Exist Destroys the World.

1. Ego: both engine and poison

Ego is that little voice inside that says “me.” It’s useful — without it, we wouldn’t even know who we are. But it’s also the greatest danger humanity has ever faced. Ego gives us the will to live, to create, to love — but once it grows too big, it becomes a tyrant. It wants to dominate, to shine, to possess, to be admired. It feeds on the eyes of others and collapses without them.

Since man placed himself at the center of the universe, everything has revolved around him. He no longer listens to nature. He no longer understands others. He wants to rule over everything, even what he cannot comprehend.

2. When man believed he was separate

Ego was born the day man thought he was separate from the world. When he said “me” on one side and “others” on the other, everything began to fall apart. Before that, he lived as part of nature. After that, he wanted to dominate it.

That was the beginning of property, power, and hierarchy. Societies that once lived in balance were replaced by civilizations obsessed with conquest — all to flatter a fragile self that can’t stand being questioned.

3. The drift: power, wealth, domination

Ego loves to be admired. It hides behind morals, religion, science, and politics. But its goal remains the same: to dominate and to shine.
It has built empires, started wars, spread lies, and created injustice. It drives people to crush others just to feel superior.

Behind every dictatorship, manipulation, and betrayal, there’s a wounded ego trying to take revenge on the world. And the more power it gets, the more destruction it causes.

4. The powerful: when ego turns to madness

Among the powerful, ego becomes a disease. They believe they are invincible, above the law, sometimes even above humanity. They invent enemies to feel important, wars to feel heroic, ideologies to justify their whims.

But deep down, they control nothing. They are ruled by their fears, frustrations, and emptiness. They build external empires to hide their inner desert.

5. Our world today

Look around you: the whole world spins around image. Everyone wants to appear, to exist through the gaze of others. Social networks, consumption, profit, and politics — all glorify the self. We confuse freedom with exposure, success with domination, happiness with possession.

The results are clear: exhaustion of the planet, loneliness, depression, hatred, lies, and wars. The world is collapsing — not from lack of intelligence, but from an excess of ego.

6. The collective ego

Ego is not just personal; it infects entire groups. Nations, religions, and ideologies all carry it. Then we call it national pride, cultural superiority, or divine election. Same poison, different bottle.
Religions fight in the name of God, nations in the name of freedom, markets in the name of growth. Always the same pattern — the need to feel superior to others.

7. Escaping the trap

The only way out is simplicity. To live without comparing. To accept being a simple human being — neither above nor below anyone else. Humility is not weakness; it’s clarity.

The one who no longer needs to be admired is finally free. He acts because it’s right, not because it’s rewarding. He no longer needs to crush others to exist.

8. Conclusion

Ego is not the enemy — it’s a tool we’ve allowed to rule us. As long as humanity refuses to see itself as part of life rather than its master, it will keep repeating the same mistakes: domination, violence, and destruction.
Humanity will truly grow up only when it understands that it is not the center, but a part of the whole.