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The highest goal of the quest is not illumination gained by destruction of the ego but rather by perfection of the ego. It is the function of egoism which is to be destroyed, not that which functions. The ego's rulership is to go, not the ego itself.

-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 1 : What Am I? > # 189 -- Perspectives > Chapter 8: The Ego > # 5