from long to short path...

The average man is the victim of his own past,

the slave of his personal history.

He is conditioned by its thinking,

molded by its disciplines,

and dominated by its traditions.

Its influence fades all too slowly.

This is why the transition from the Long to the Short Path is so often the consequence of some unusual upheaval or some mesmeric contact.


— Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 4: The Changeover To the Short Path > # 114
Paul Brunton