Which Is The Best Way To Learn An Art?, Solitary Vs Temple Vs Tutelage Options

Being a solitary practicioner and reading up on the book, "The practice of the magickal diary" has opened my eyes to just how observant and objective one is supposed to be in practice, my journal saw only a line or two each day until recently hardly the hourly notes Crowley devoted himself to and it all, of course, lacks the subtle reminder a mentor or guardian is able to comment on.

Obvious that its easy to trip and not notice you've fallen when practicing alone. The path, ones ego takes on all manner of shape and guise in its attempt to escape reconditioning, without a tutor holes can become chasoms filled with echoes of a deluded sence of self reassurance. A certain receptive faculty can be found missing in the general scheme of things, marked by an air of arrogance in most... myself included .lol.

That being said, no one knows your self quite like yourself and trueisms, inward revelations, contemplated on ones own won't find contamination of opinion enough to see them berated into dogma in order to conform to a particular schools stream of thought. The solitary path lends to a more shamanic approach in that way I guess.

So... as each has many pros and cons to learn from, which do you consider to be the best guide on the path to adepthood or self mastery in general? What's your opinion on each? As people have chosen either or they've obviously discriminated in regards to what suits them and hence should hold an opinion of its others.

Applies to all systems, feel free to move mods.

Sorry about my writing, like to mess with words and meaning .lol.)

Peace
.M.

So... as each has many pros and cons to learn from, which do you consider to be the best guide on the path to adepthood or self mastery in general?

If you want to play an instrument, you need to practice constantly. Unless you are eating or asleep, you should be playing that instrument. When you absolutely must do something else, your beloved instrument should be wedged in between your thoughts and whatever you are doing. You don't need a better band or even a better instrument, you need to be so obsessed that you play that thing in your dreams and wake up eager to practice.

If you want to learn to draw, get 5000 sheets of paper, and cover them front and back with drawings. Then, do it again with 5000 more sheets. Next, do that again. After a few more times, if you are paying attention, you will be able to draw like a master. Save yourself the art school tuition, and spend it on materials instead: they are much more useful.

Do you want to learn Kung Fu? A weekly lesson, a book, and 50 dubbed DVD's will not cut it. You will need to stretch and exercise, train diligently, regulate your lifestyle to accommodate this art. No master or school can make these things less necessary.

Remember the first time you rode a bike or drove a car? Your first baseball game? The first video game you ever played? Did your performance improve?

The help and support of others is a blessing, but development of any skill or art depends on the individual.