The ego is the dualist in us. It is the habit we have of seeing ourselves over and against someone else … As ego, my wealth, intelligence, moral goodness, social class are what they are in contrast to the person next to me.*
James Carse

In the pursuit of knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Tao, every day something is dropped.*
Lao Tsu

In the gag, the celebrity asks,
“Don’t you know who I am?”,
The person out of whom they are trying to gain some favour replies,
“Why, don’t you remember?”

To remember who we are,
We must forget;
We let go in order to let come –
An ability requiring a lifetime.

*James Carse’s Breakfast at the Victory.