On the spiritual path the man who is in the minor stage says, "Yes, I would like to go on this path, but where shall I arrive?" Before he travels on this path he wants to know all about it. He wants to know whether his friends are going with him; and if they are not, he is not ready to go either. For he is not sure of the way; he will not go alone and wants to know when and where he will arrive, if it is safe to journey on that particular path. On his journey he looks back and at the same time tries to look forward, asking, "Shall I reach the goal? Is it really the right path?" A thousand times doubt comes, or fear; he looks back, forward, around. If others could only tell him how far he has journeyed! He is restless; he wants to know how far he is from the goal. He really is still a child, although he has a desire to travel on. To him the mystical hints for mental research are toys which keep him busy looking at the map of the journey to see where he is going.