According to Osho, the ego is not a form or quality of the soul; it is a mind-made fiction born of fear, memory, and social conditioning. The soul is simple, egoless awareness—pure being without the 'I.' When attention relaxes into awareness, the ego dissolves like a shadow before light, revealing the soul’s silent, self-luminous nature.
Ego is a pretend “me” made by the mind; your real self is the quiet awareness underneath.