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The dictionary defines individuality as separate and distinct existence. Both the ego and the Overself have such an existence. But whereas the ego has this and nothing more, the Overself has this consciousness within the universal existence. That is why we have called it the higher individuality.

-- Notebooks Category 22: Inspiration and the Overself > Chapter 3 : The Overself's Presence > # 394