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Environment alone does not give spiritual enlightenment. You may squat in an ashram till Doomsday and emerge as much in the dark as when you entered it. Unless the proper inner conditions have been established, unless the mentality and character have been prepared and purified, travelling to the East or sitting at the feet of the gurus can lead only to the hallucination of enlightenment.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 4 : Retreat Centres > # 164