Don't identify. Identifying with the egotistical element only makes it stronger. Do not lose faith or hope, since single practitioners can eliminate up to 25 to 50% of their ego. What is important is not to identify with the mind, to feel that this is "my" identity.
Repression and justification are two sides of imbalance. We need the middle path of balance: comprehension, which neither runs away, labels, or satisfies desire.
Joyful in hope, suffering in tribulation, be thou constant in thy prayer.
Benedictis, qui venit in nomine Domini. Osanna in excelsis.
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!"