Ego is an idea, a conceptual image made of past experiences and conditioning, out of memory. It does not exist, never did never could, never will.
Have a look to see if you can find any self centre that you call the ego or the me.
There is nothing wrong with thinking, it is very useful capacity. But it vibrates dualistically, so everything is either good or bad or somewhere withing that range…
So the problem starts when we take onboard the content of thought and believe that now I’m not good enough, inferior, unworthy…