A Logical Conclusion

Since the goal we seek can only be found within, it follows that we should conduct our search in that direction. To go within, we need the guidance of a true teacher. As stated at the outset, a true master shows us the practical steps needed to overcome our deep-rooted delusions and experience truth for ourselves. That truth lies hidden within every human being. We have received the rare privilege of a human birth. With the help of a true teacher we can seek for that truth and find it within. The great medieval saint Kabir said:

Like oil in the sesame seed,
Fire in the flint,
Within you is your Beloved;
Wake up and realize him
If you can.
As the pupil is in the eye,
So is the Creator in the body;
The foolish know it not
And go searching for him outside.
He for whom you have searched
The four corners of the earth,
He is within; you fail to see him
Because he lives behind the veil
Of illusion.¹⁶