Neale Walsch wrote:”The mind must agree to step out of itself. Without the mind’s agreement we will not be able to access the soul. The mind will attempt to block everything. Once the mind agrees then we can move on and start to connect to the soul.”

For me Boorstein’s guideline is more doable: “…to behave in a way that stretches the limits of conditioned responses.”

Furthermore, Boorstein explained: “…the mind has-as its essence- the CLARITY from which wisdom arises. It also implies that a full religious path must include tools for accessing that essence directly.”

“The Buddhism that had come to the West offered a clear explanation for suffering and tools for the direct, personal realization of a peaceful mind.”

Most of all: “It required practice not AFFILIATION. It was a great spiritual path. It promised transformation.”