Is There a Difference Between the Ego and the Soul?

i love that you suggest that there isn't difference between the ego and what some people call the soul. I really do. And should not have that that that definition taken away. It's an a misunderstanding, or kind of like you being in a dream state as you go and try to get the mercedes to bring the kids to the circus. Because the soul is a pure, perfect, you know, mote of divine love. But the ego is this all consuming, all devouring, life destroying kind of black hole that needs to be somehow eradicated. This produces a kind of living contradiction that i think makes people like to harm themselves. That chasm can't be crossed.