>>511417499the vanquishing of the ego, of course, same reason why religions tell you to worship a god, kneel to its image and so on, the act of worship is quite literally meaningless, but the practice of ritualistic self humiliation is what weakens the ego until eventually it loses its grip on you. I'm saying this on the understanding that the ego is like a virus, it clouds your perception of reality, it's the "I am insignificant and weak" notion that weights constantly on every thought and decision you take. It's not all bad, it's a tool to navigate the physical reality in the end, but situation as it stands, most of humanity has been choked on defeated by their own ego, and the ego would never agree to it's own suicide, which is why religions tried to be coy about it, which in today's world, they come of as obtuse and retarded