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by RHSman2 1329 days ago
Yeah but you miss the point. You think it’s about getting to the destination. That is what a map is for.

The journey is the destination. And if you are being led and shown you don’t develop your own compass.

Take tips, listen and gather some info BUT the only thing you need is to listen to ‘you’ and the other ‘you’ and decide how it works.

In my opinion of course.

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At this point we are basically nitpicking over the Internet, but even if you want to take a journey just for the sake of the trip, a map is still very useful.

Most of the human endeavors (art, science, etc) are facilitated by having teachers. Spiritual advancement is no different and in my book, anyone who thinks different is delusional. You may be perfectly happy with no teacher, but you are leaving out a huge chunk of it by navigating on your own. Of course you are free to disagree, but I think it is essential to know about the range of possibilities before deciding if it's worth to have a teacher, and most people simply have no idea.

A good tourist’s guide to enlightenment map