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It is the presence of the Overself in us that creates the germ of our aspirations for a higher life. It is the warm sunshine and cold rain of experience that nurtures the germ. It is the influence of spiritual individuals that brings the growth through its varying stages.
-- Notebooks Category 22: Inspiration and the Overself > Chapter 3 : The Overself's Presence > # 146