Ego

The teaching that the ego does not exist -- repeated so often in so parrot-like a way -- can help no one, can only create intellectual confusion and thus harm the search for truth. But the teaching that the ego is only an idea -- however strongly held by the mind -- and as such does exist, can help everyone in the struggle for self-mastery and can throw intellectual light on the search for truth.

— Notebooks of Paul Brunton
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