Struggling to get rid of the ego and ego based conditioning or samskara is a foolish venture.

The physical conditioning  or samskara of the Soul will be dropped only when it realizes the fact that, the waking entity  or ego is not the self. Struggling to get rid of the ego and ego based conditioning or samskara is a foolish venture. 

  Constant mental pounding is necessary through constant reflecting on the truth that, the soul is the true self and on the base of the soul all else is mere mirage/illusion.  When one grasps these truth and becomes firm in his conviction the physical conviction drops and the non-dual wisdom dawns.  Thus, one becomes aware of the non-dual truth in the midst of the experience of duality or illusion. – FORMLESS PATH