Your teacher, or your predecessor may hold your hand in his, and give you the utmost sympathy the human heart is capable of. Those who are incapable of self-reliance, who lean upon others, will be found to be victims of desires and ambitions of one kind or another. This applies equally to those who love to lord it over their fellowmen as well as those who are always looking about for a leader. Master and slave are in the same boat and both suffer from the same ailment. With a turn of the wheel, they are very apt to reverse their positions.
True teachers seek comrades and co-workers, never followers.
We call this Karma, or Lawful action and reaction. Back to text. Back to text.