The spiritual path, leaping into the unknown, is an exploration. Man is born into this world to explore his latent potentialities. Why do you want to go to the known and know about the known? It is because of an inner fear, an inner insecurity, that you will not venture forth until you know what is in store. The spiritual path is so individual that you can never know what is in store; it is so unknown. So as you progress, various experiences come about that you had not expected. And because you had not expected, that is when you will receive true experiences which are not only of the mind but so much beyond the mind.

The path to Divinity is to take that leap where the route is unmapped, and if any person is not prepared to do that then he will reach nowhere. When the astronauts took their rocket to the moon, they did not know what was going to happen, and without taking that leap, they would not have reached the moon. Hillary and Tensing, when they climbed Everest, did not know what was going to happen. How could they know if there was going to be an avalanche or whatever the case might be? So, man is not prepared to gamble because of his fears and insecurities. The spiritual path is a gamble, although this is not the appropriate word. The appropriate word would be that you have to take a chance into the unknown sphere of which you know nothing. And taking that chance, you will find everything. It requires courage therefore it is said by all Masters that the spiritual path is the hero's path.  (UK 80-37)