Only a rare few are chosen to whom the secret of human destiny is revealed and, perhaps a small number gather around the few, urged by an inner yet vague prompting within them to discover, if they can, why they are on earth and to what purpose. The former are the Gurus and the latter the discipleseekers. The destiny of man, as the seers from ages past have told humanity, is to fulfil the mandate it has been charged with.
– Sri Aurobindo