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It is because we have the Overself ever present within us that we are ever engaged in searching for it. The feeling of its absence (from consciousness) is what drives us to this search. Through ignorance we interpret the feeling wrongly and search outside, among objects, places, persons, or even ideas.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 158