self deification, n.All

Self-deification (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what striving for realization produces: try to make yourself God and you become an intense egotist.

Self-deification (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the danger of the indwelling spirit: unconscious of the religious problem, we puff ourselves up with the divine germ instead of remembering we are only the stable where the Lord is born.