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Those who do not understand that true development is self-development will look for, even demand, a guru's "magic," as they believe it to be. This will lead them to frequent his vicinity or even live in it permanently, in order to be more or less constantly under his mesmeric influence. Thus they come to depend increasingly on an outside source--another person--and remain ungrown.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 6 : Student-Teacher > # 328