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If the ego cannot keep him any longer through his animal instincts, it will masquerade as his higher self, flatter him for his lofty aspirations, insert itself into his intuitions, and seek to deceive him as he bends in prayer or sits in meditation.
-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 4 : Detaching from The Ego (Part I) > # 293