37. The Dangers of Initiation

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However, people in such circles will think that a person who occupies himself with such complicated ideas is somehow deprived. They are not thinking correctly, because he is not denying himself anything. As long as a person finds pleasure and enjoyment in such trivial everyday things, such a way of life is not for him. It is not a matter of changing his life, but his feelings and perceptions must have changed. He must know that true life only flows where the higher reasons for existence are to be found.

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