Maher Baba...

"In the spiritual life it is not necessary to have a complete map of the path in
order to begin traveling.

On the contrary, insistence upon having such complete
knowledge may actually hinder rather than help the onward march.

The deeper
secrets of spiritual life are unraveled to those who take risks and who make
bold experiments with it.

They are not meant for the idler who seeks guarantees
for every step.

Those who speculate from the shore about the ocean shall know
only its surface,

but those who would know the depths of the ocean must be
willing to plunge into it."



Meher Baba
"The Deeper Aspects of Sadhana"
_Discourses_
Myrtle Beach, SC: Sheriar Foundaton, 7th ed., 1987), p. 263.