Think about it. All the sufferance of the world is a product of self preservation. Entire societies revolving around productivity in order to maintain progress which is a state of self preservation that is destroying the planet. We say ego but I feel that it doesn't have the depth of meaning that self preservation has upon most perspectives. Its my belief that identity is the cause of self preservation, which is the means by which we define ourselves, that is causing this disease. I also feel that to loose ourselves would be a great transformation in consciousness and perhaps what 2012 is all about. A sort of instant enlightenment. I don't know all the details of how this reality has been so far removed from the rest of creation. That information seems to be beyond my present understanding but I can understand that to lift the veil on human consciousness would be to remove the limitations on your expression and identity so that you could then be yourself as you are now or be awareness itself. The real mind boggler then is how choices are made if there are no limitations.