Ego is a defence mechanism against negative emotions. The ego leads to suffering, even as it protects us from other things. So if you find yourself comparing, that comparison comes out of the ego. When does the ego activate? When there's some kind of negative emotion that it's trying to protect against. You have to get to the source of that negative emotion. We talk about this because there are very five, very common motivational traps that are falls into to protect us from ourselves. And our mind uses that as an excuse to try and avoid all kinds of stuff.