needs it worse than drugs

"Listen to your own being," Seth told Richie one night in 1972. "He who lor=
ds it over others makes himself into a false God. And he who drinks with gl=
uttony the tribute of others needs it worse than drugs. And he who confuses=
 you, confuses himself. And he who speaks in ambigous terms (as Arturo did =
to his students)does so because he does not see clearly!

"The man who says -- or the spirit who says -- "I alone have the truth, and=
 these are the maps, and this is the only way, or implies it through his te=
aching or his actions, does not have the way. The man or the spirit who set=
s himself up above you is not above you. There is no above or below in thos=
e terms.....Any man who tells you, "The knowledge is secret and I will not =
tell it to the violets, or the roses, or the clouds, or the seagulls," does=
 not have the knowledge. It is as free as the air that flows.....through yo=
ur cosmic cheeks. It belongs to you. He who sets up closets of secrecy has =
nothing worth hiding."

CWS, book 2, chapter 1, page 16