The Principle of Collective Ego

Ego is an illusion. It's based on falsehood. To raise consciousness is to bring more truth, more light. As you shine more light on the shadow, the shadow evaporates and disappears. The ego misconstrues every attempt that is made to help it. Which is why consciousness is very difficult to teach. You can only teach consciousness to people who are on board with the programme of raising their consciousness - even then they may not be conscious about it. That's precisely where all evil comes from: the resisting of the raising of consciousness.