Being without ego = being without soul
It's impossible to remove your soul, it has to be gone from the start for you not to have it. Your ego is the same, it might get scarred here and there, it might fall in the dirt never to get up again, but as long as you're alive it's alive. You can act like you don't have it, but whenever a problem occurs, it shows right back up!
If you want to achieve greatness you have to quit lying to yourself. Embrace your ego, garnish it with whatever! Love, tenderness, hate, forgetfulness, shit even the devil has an ego. God him/herself has an ego, who the hell are you to act better than the all-knowing?!
If you want to understand those you love, stroke their ego. You'll know who they really are. As soon as you hear them joking about their grandiose, shut the fuck up and listen to their truth.
you're welcome and happy 14th 💗