“We believe in ourselves in this narrow, limited, egoistic sense, as identified with the body and the lower mind. We are blind to any higher vision, any more ultimate selfhood, any more universal mind or consciousness. This belief in self in this sense is a fetter that has to be broken before we can enter the Stream and break through into a higher, wider dimension of being and consciousness.” BuddhismHigher ConsciousnessUniversal ConsciousnessPath Of The BodhisattvaUltimate Selfhood Book:The Bodhisattva Ideal : Wisdom and Compassion in Buddhism Source: The Bodhisattva Ideal : Wisdom and Compassion in Buddhism