Superiority...

The presence of this light IN thought makes thought think that it is a self-
existent entity that has a right to its own views.


On the one hand, and this is paradoxical, you have the I AM which is present
in the matrix of thoughts. And then the matrix of thoughts takes itself to be
the I AM, which it clearly is not. Now that will also account for egotism.
That will also make a person think, "Look,"I'm superior to everyone else."
It's inevitable -- the consequences are inevitable. Once you accept the
congerie of thoughts with that light fused into it as separative, each one is
going to think itself superior to every other one. And each present thought
does. Just like each ego thinks itself superior to every other one.

-- Anthony Damiani 8/19/82