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It is not only that man does not know his spiritual nature but, which is worse, that he holds a false idea of his own nature. He takes the shadow--ego--for the substance--Overself. He takes the effect--body--for the cause--Spirit.

-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 2 : I-thought > # 39