Buddhism

"As long as you conceive of yourself as being somebody who has to do something in order to become something else, you still get caught in a trap, a condition of mind as being a self, and you never quite understand anything properly. No matter how many years you meditate, you never really understand the teaching; it will always be just off the mark." – Ajahn Sumedho, 'Everything That Arises Passes Away' (from the book, 'The Way it is')