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So, the inevitable happened, I found myself with introductory books to about 20 different faiths, traditions and belief systems, thinking that each one was not quite right for me, but... I'll take a little bit from each one, and gather them together in my own unique and personal manner and create my own path to enlightenment.

Sounds better, and kind of ideal for an intelligent bright young hippy type.

Trouble was, that each of these leads were only introductions, and they each had slightly contradictory ideas and definitions with regard to what the path to Enlightenment was, and more to the point... What was this golden destination?

You see each had its own rather vague and blurry idea of some sort peace that arose somewhere, sometime, with no clear directions as how to get there, or how to even recognise this was the path (and not a spiritually materialistic path).

So holding all these threads in one hand, I began to drift away from these high ideals, and tried to find some sort of teacher. But who to trust?

Someone in robes of some sort? Nah, nutters. Christian, Jew or Muslim? Nah, they were proven failures. Esoteric and Occult? Nah, too scary. So I made my wise and pragmatic choice and decided to follow a couple of acid heads I had met, as the seemed to be able to get through life, whilst being stoned, make me laugh, and come up with cool phrases when required, and they had pretty girlfriends (and sports cars), so if I was to follow any path, this looked like it...

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