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For several reasons he is not a joiner. Most sects have only partial and limited views, most mix some error with their truth, and most develop ugly dogmatic tyrannies. Furthermore, their adherents, believing that they alone possess the truth, generally exclude all others from the warmer temperatures of their goodwill--if they do not openly dislike them. But the largest reason for his refusal is that the Overself is unlimited, unconfined; he wants to express this freedom.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 3 : Independent Path > # 152