Yes, the ego is incomplete by its very nature. There is a fundamental void within it that can never truly be filled—no matter what comes into its life, who comes and sits beside it, or how many of its desires get fulfilled. At best, the fulfilment of a desire can provide temporary satisfaction, but that satisfaction inevitably fades with time. The ego then begins seeking something else to fill the same void. Similarly, attraction, someone caring for us, helping us, or speaking to us with closeness should not automatically be mistaken for love. The ego may want to label these experiences as “love” because doing so makes it feel secure and complete for the moment. But when that feeling inevitably expires, the ego begins to suffer again, and the seeking resumes. Thus, the suffering continues—not simply because desires remain unfulfilled, but because even their fulfilment cannot provide lasting freedom from the fundamental sense of incompleteness. The ego therefore has to understand the very root of its suffering—to see the centre from which this endless seeking arises. It has to discover that there is no lasting solution to suffering in acquiring more, receiving more, or finding the right person or circumstance. The only real resolution lies in seeking the Truth and gradually thinning the very sense of “I” that keeps creating the void, the seeking, and the suffering.
