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The "I" shields itself from all threats to complete belief in its own reality, permanence, and separateness. Consequently, it sees metaphysical-yogic work as a danger to be removed by appropriation and absorption. Such work is then misused to serve and strengthen the ego while seeming to unmask it.

-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 4 : Detaching from The Ego (Part I) > # 339