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lead someone on the path to freedom, by wanting to lead them on
the path to freedom. You only do so by walking that path yourself,
until the very end.

I did that. I’ve walked the walk and talked the talk. I’ve been deluded,
massively so, only to return again, pierce through the walls and con-
quer it all.

Indeed, that I recall, it really happened so.

But after all, I didn’t choose, even though I had nothing to lose, to be
a teacher, guru or a preacher.

I know that many people claim it.

I know that many people believe that they’ve been invested by some
superior power, or that they themselves possess some superior
knowledge, based on which, they grant themselves the right to teach.

What I also know is that it’s very easy to fall pray to the alluring
words of such people.

How do I know?

Because I was one of those who fell for it. I believed breathing until
my lungs explode is going to get me closer to God. I believed stepping
inside of a church was making me more holy, and I believed that a
priest can take my sins away. I believed.

Now?