… One student asked: But how can one identify oneself with something one doesn't know? Another one replied: That is where faith in something beyond the intellect comes in! P.B. said: Yes, if that faith is intense enough it will be sufficient to lead to the desired result. If not, if one cannot have faith in the Overself, then a Teacher is necessary. It is through faith in the Teacher that the student is helped to knowledge of the Overself which he finds so difficult to reach by himself…”

Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton

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