redemption...

The human being will bring about its own redemption,

if only we would allow it to do so.

But instead we
hypnotize the mind with ideas that may suit other
persons but are unsuited to us,

we practise techniques
that warp our proper development,

we follow leaders
who know only the way they have themselves walked and
who insist on crowding all seekers on it regardless of
suitability,

and we join groups which obstruct our
special line of natural growth.


— Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest >
Chapter 5: Self-Development > # 203
Paul Brunton