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Where sympathy is prolonged excessively, when this shift of personality from oneself to another is not limited to gaining understanding of that other's need, and is not guarded by wisdom, there will be a denial of one's own individual being. This can lead to harm on both planes--spiritual and physical.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 5 : Spiritual Refinement > # 361