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It is the guide's duty to hold up a lamp on a dark path but the disciple must decide for himself the speed and distance of the journey along that path. No command is laid upon him, for it is he who must estimate the strength within him and the opportunity without. He is given full freedom in making his decision. It is unfortunately the case that many emotionally unstable persons are attracted to mysticism, with the result that they spend years with their dreams of mystical achievements but do nothing to convert those dreams into realities, or else flit from one dream to another.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 6 : Student-Teacher > # 715