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People tie themselves to some one man, living or dead, and worship him. Yet he is outside themselves, and the divine is within themselves. They contemplate his form, surrender to his personality, refuse to look within. As long as they do this, so long does the Consciousness elude them.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 3 : Independent Path > # 94