If you could only teach me one thing...

[Parsons]

Disconnect to reconnect in new ways.

Well put, sometimes we have to distance ourselves in order to gain a new perspective. Makes me think of this quote:

It is also to be noted that an adept is one which has freed itself more and more from the constraints of the thoughts, opinions, and bonds of other-selves. Whether this is done for service to others or service to self, it is a necessary part of the awakening of the adept. This freedom is seen by those not free as what you would call evil or black. The magic is recognized; the nature is often not.

Great advice and quote... I had forgotten about that. I tend to feel something similar to guilt when another seeker firmly offers a viewpoint which seems to conflict with my own and I just don't resonate with it.