The divine is actually within us and has been there all along--if we set out to gain knowledge of it. What then really happens should we succeed in doing so? A recognition and a remembrance! Why then all this fuss of studies and practices, exercises and meditations, flocking to gurus and labouring at self-improvements? Is it not enough to be our own teachers and to remember our own long-held wisdom?

-- Notebooks Category 23: Advanced Contemplation > Chapter 1: Entering the Short Path > # 33