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The speaker draws parallels between the human experience and that of a baby crying for attention, likening the attachments formed throughout life to demands of the ego. He highlights that the ego generates an insatiable need for love and fulfillment, which can only be transitioned into genuine connection through voluntary energy exchange—where love, ultimately, can only be given, not taken.
He explains that fear is the central component of the ego’s essence. The ego thrives on the belief that it must control and perpetuate its existence, thus creating cycles of attachment and suffering. The struggle against this attachment perpetuates unhappiness, as individuals confuse life’s true goals with the superficial desires dictated by the ego.