Esoteric Lesson

Another characteristic that esotericists should be particularly wary of, and should constantly observe themselves to ensure that they do not fall prey to it, is vanity and arrogance. We are often not aware of how far we have already fallen into this trap, and must therefore pay particular attention to it. How many people believe that they want to help others out of “love for humanity.” But when you tell them that they can only achieve this through constant, diligent study, you realize that they do not really want to; they want to get started right away, without considering how much harm they can do by helping in the wrong way. But this is a very dangerous vanity, and all those people who want to make the masses happy and confused enthusiasts who preach their worldview with beautiful words and vague phrases, believing that they have a mission to fulfill, have fallen prey to it.