The funny thing is how you can free yourself from the one ego trap (materialism, for example) and very soon you can find yourself in the other ego trap called superiority complex, if you are comparing yourself with others who is still in materialism trap. But nobody is superior, nobody is inferior. There is no one right way to live the life and we can learn something from every person we met. Universe always has lesson to teach you.
One does not have the power to do anything in this world, things just happen. Yet what do we claim? ‘I did it.’ This is the wrong vision and is indeed the very root cause of suffering.
By believing, ‘I am greater than everyone’, one enters into a competition with the world and starts racing with this wrong vision. While running for the number one position, everyone dies panting and the prize is awarded to only one. And say, the prize-winner happens to be you, how long will the prize remain with you?
The one with the ego of having great skills and know-how will eventually only get exhausted in this worldly race not gaining anything whatsoever out of it.