I was never interested, nor am I interested now, in any theory, whether of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity or Theosophy. Theories are patterns to which the human mind conforms, and where there is conformity there is no intelligence. Theories are valueless to a living man, though they may be excellent for a dead man. To a man who is alive, thinking, pulsating, suffering, your books and theories of man's future destiny, of his life after death, are utterly valueless. There is a vast difference between the feeling of being secure and the feeling of dependency.
Conventional education makes independent thinking extremely difficult.
Conformity leads to mediocrity. To be different from the group or to resist environment is not easy ans is often risky as long as we worship success. All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security, and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear. Such a training must inevitably bring confusion and misery to ourselves and to the world, for it creates in each individual those pyschological barriers which separate and hold him apart from others.