THE SPIRITUAL SELF HAS NEVER BEEN LOST

THE SPIRITUAL SELF HAS NEVER BEEN LOST
The spiritual self, the Overself, has never been lost. What has happened is that its being has not been recognized, covered over as it is with a multitude of thoughts, desires, and egocentricities.

The overlooked part is his consciousness; the forgotten self is his knowing power. These exist uninterruptedly, even in apparently subconscious forms like deep sleep and swoon. Yet he denies this share of his in the Real Being, identifies with the body instead of making it merely an object of awareness.

It is not as if he has to find something foreign, making communication too distant and too difficult, for this is his very native being, giving him meaning and awareness.