The simple meaning of those common mystical expressions 'self-annihilation,' 'giving up the ego,' or 'losing the I' is to put aside the thoughts, emotions, and personal affairs which ordinarily occupy the mind and let the latter sink unhindered into a state of complete
absorption in a felt higher power. It is a self offering to the sublime entity within him. p. 187, Essays on the Quest Once arrived [at the dwelling place of the diviner power], one is not to labour, only to let oneself be laboured through. One must have the uncommon sense to say: “I shall interfere no longer.
I shall cease this endless
calculation of ways and means. I shall put down my cares and duties on the ground beside me. I see now what I, in my blindness,refused to see before, that the Overself which supports and carries me, can perform all calculations, manage all affairs, bear all burdens in a manner infinitely better than I could ever do, simply because it is itself infinite in power and wisdom. p. 207, The Quest of the Overself
