Failure

In learning the Way of Knowledge

Potential pitfalls

ambition

impatience

unwillingness to learn

unwillingness to fit oneself into appropriate placement

misguided associations ("the wrong people in the wrong ways")

attempt to use rather than be used by the truth

lack of discernment

indiscretion

grandiose imaginations about one's role or abilities

• GCS, pp. 76-77

Metaphors

"The one who is taking the real steps to Knowledge and is learning them correctly will pass you by. And you will become broken down by the side of the road, unable to participate and unable to move forward."

• GCS, p. 77