Freedom comes with a price. Surrender of the ego is the admission fee to Heaven. Heaven is where you are when you finally discover that Love is all that matters. When you can put this realization into practice and see and feel and be Love in every moment, with no need to interject the limited ego self into the picture, then you are free. Then you can fly, for then you have earned your wings.
The ego is necessary to operate in the physical world. It is not your enemy, but it is far from the greatest part of you. You are Spirit. You are Love. You are everywhere. The ego does not connect with others. The ego erects barriers. Spirit is pure Love. It knows no boundaries, has no barriers. It is free. Ego pays the price of separation and pain.
Surrender ego in every moment that you experience pain, and turn up the love, no matter how difficult. Heaven awaits. Enter now. The cost of admission is well worth it.