The clever ego expresses its
Published January 1, 1970
Updated June 13, 2022
Updated June 13, 2022
“The clever ego expresses its inner grandiosity by seeking to replace Divinity by declaring itself to be God (or Nero, Caesar, and so on), or claiming special Divine authority by its declaration that it is Divinely ordained and therefore authorized. On its own, the ego would never seek salvation … the mechanism for salvation is via the will, which invites the intervention of Divinity.” – David Hawkins