Just as the sun makes it possible to grow crops from which to make cloth that can be turned into a curtain that may screen the sunlight so ego is an expression of the Self which seemingly screens out the self. Yet, the curtain is not different from the sun; the ego is not different from the Self. The sun is always there, curtain or no curtain. The Self is always there, ego or no ego. The wise don't get distracted by the veil, remaining vigilant of the divinity beyond at all times, in all beings.