To address both of your posts:

Yes, "destroying the ego" is some convoluted new age psycho babble. It's impossible.

The believers in that philosophy are the most self absorbed of the bunch.

Typical adherents to that philosophy will most likely be a condescending douche bag.

They will state something in absolute certainty and if you disagree, they will say something like, "You fear it" or assume you are some neolithic caveman because you don't 'dig' their 'world view'.

Most of them are even bigger sheeple follower drones than the "Joe six packs" and "Suzie soccer moms".