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Deeper than all other desires is this need to gain consciousness of the Overself. Only it is unable to express itself directly at first, so it expresses itself in the only ways we permit it to--first the physical, then the emotional and intellectual quest of happiness.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 244