According to Osho, the ego is only a dream-image, so there’s actually nothing to drop; awareness simply shows it was never there. If, fearing groundlessness, you “choose not to drop it,” you just keep clinging to an imaginary rock, remaining separate, anxious, and ridiculous. Don’t pursue egolessness as a new ego-goal; wake up, be aware, and the illusion dissolves by itself.
The ego is make-believe; if you won’t wake up and see that, you keep believing a pretend story and feeling separate for no reason.