' Only an illusion '...

The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos.

It is within our consciousness.

Indeed, its presence provides us with a conscious contrast which enables us to speak of the ego as if it were something different and apart:

it is the true Self whereas the ego is only an illusion of the mind.



-- Notebooks Category 8: The Ego > Chapter 1:
What Am I? > # 2 Paul Brunton