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Work on oneself is most important. When one has purified his character, cultivated discrimination, achieved some measure of balance, finally understood the lessons of past experience, acquired a certain degree of self-control--mental, moral, and physical--and developed the necessary aspiration to lead a truly spiritual life, then, and then only, will he be in a position to benefit from instruction from a Master.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 6 : Student-Teacher > # 687