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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: What does ego death mean?
gpt
So, what is ego in the first place? What does it do? 

It fills a void. That void is there because we don't know ourselves. Therefore, a false identity is created, nourished, and it grows. Unless it is constantly fed, it dies. Stop feeding the ego.

 What happens then? When we stop identifying with titles, accomplishments, possessions and concepts, our true Selves begin to emerge.

Uncovered, our nature arises, like the sun. The ego, which is like a candle flame, is simply no longer noticed nor necessary.
Like a crutch, it is tossed away and we move freely on our own.

We trust our own wisdom and a new life dawns.