3 I completely agree with your point here. Ego is just another phenomenon in the fascinating field of consciousness. It's beautiful the description of the emergence of the ego in this book by researcher

"It was like trying to teach what its like to be under water to someone that had never seen the ocean" This problem is very fascinating and I think it implies the question of the "method".

Are we sure that "Emotions are byproducts of thought processes"? In my experience is certainly true when we have recurrent thoughts which entrap the mind into a certain loop of emotions. Our