Most questions asked by the neophyte would remain unasked if he had more patience and understood better what he was studying. Beginners need to await developments in themselves and expand their consciousness normally under instruction. However, the teacher may invite the asking of questions and for reasons:

1. Because where a group is involved and the members are very intelligent, through their questionings they could make much progress in learning to know and understand each other. Threads of intercourse could be set up which would link them more closely together.
2. Because through the questions, the teacher himself can enter into a closer rapport with the students' viewpoint. For example, myself, and the Western point of view as regards the healing art.

Forget not that I am an Oriental in the last analysis, and such is my background and training. I may know profoundly more about the healing art than you do and about the energies which constitute the human body, but your point of view, your terminologies, and your attitudes of mind are still somewhat foreign to me. Your questions would help me to understand your background and your limitations, and so enable me to aid you with greater intelligence. [307]