Fixing the Ego? – 08.18.11

Student Question:  In your teaching you mentioned that the ego had characteristics such as greed, hatred and selfishness embedded in it.  When I think of the word embedded it makes me think of something that is set in stone; it’s not moving.  So then I thought, “what’s the point of wasting any time trying to fix the ego?”  Is it even possible to fix?  I know it’s kind of a literal thing.  It kind of makes sense to steer around it and go straight for the Self.  So is the idea of fixing the ego even worth the time?