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05/24/2020
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Published by Sri Aurobindo on 05/25/2020
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Find in place of ego the true being—a portion of the Divine, issued from the World-Mother and an instrument of the manifestation. This sense of being a portion of the Divine and an instrument should be free from all pride, sense or claim of ego or assertion of superiority, demand or desire. For if these elements are there, then it is not the true thing.

Ref: Letters on Yoga – III

 

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