Question: “What is ego?” Mata Amritanandamayi: You’re actually asking me what non-reality is. But how could it be described? What’s the point of talking about something that is not real, that is non-existent? And how can you talk about what is real? I’ll just give you a few pointers. The mind is the EGO. But the EGO is a big lie. He’s not real. There was once a cattleman who would take his cows to graze every morning and bring them back to the stable every night. Î