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“As Hubert Benoit said, it is not the identification with the ego that is the problem, but the exclusive nature of the identification. When our self-identity expands beyond the ego, into the deeper psychic, then even into the Unborn and One Taste, the ego is simply taken up and subsumed in a grander identity. But the ego itself remains as the functional self in the gross realm, and it might even appropriately be intensified and made more powerful, simply because it is now plugged into the entire Kosmos.”

Quote by Ken Wilber

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Ken Wilber is an American writer and philosopher, born on January 31, 1949. He is the founder of Integral Theory, which aims to integrate human knowledge, philosophy, psychology, and religion. Wilber's work covers a wide range of fields, including personal growth, spiritual development, and cultural studies. more

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