to quicken the pace...

One of the chief benefits of meeting with an illumined book or an inspired man,

is that such an encounter opens up the possibility of moving more swiftly from a lower to a higher standpoint.

It opens up truths which would ordinarily be too far ahead to be noticed, thus acting like a spiritual telescope.

It also brings us face to face with our own errors in thought and conduct.

Such a movement might otherwise take several years or sometimes a whole lifetime.

But it remains only a possibility.

It is for us to recognize the true character of the opportunity and for us to grasp and take the fullest advantage of it.



Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 6: Student-Teacher > # 47
... Paul Brunton