Grandiosity is always a cover for despair. 2It is without hope, because it is not real. 3It is an attempt to counteract your littleness, based on the belief that the littleness is real. 4Without this belief, grandiosity is meaningless, and you could not possibly want it. 5The essence of grandiosity is competitiveness, because it always involves attack. 6It is a delusional attempt to outdo, but not to undo. 7We said before that the ego vacillates between suspiciousness and viciousness.35 8It remains suspicious as long as you despair of yourself. 9It shifts to viciousness whenever you will not
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