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It takes all my time and brains to teach myself, for my pupil is an intractable and forgetful fellow. How then could I be in a position to teach others? Hence, I have not given any encouragement to those who wanted to become disciples but have told them time and again to find their own individual road to attainment, to become the disciple only of their own higher self. I have asked them to look upon me as a fellow-student who is striving to perfect his knowledge rather than as a teacher who is seeking to impart it.

-- Notebooks Category 12: Reflections > Chapter 4 : Reflections On Truth > # 79