ake it our own. What is amazing is that Alexander 
  accomplished this without a teacher, but then so did Shakyamuni Buddha. For 
  those of us following in their footsteps, it makes it that much easier. Yet 
  it is necessary that we also do what they did. As Alexander put it so succinctly&emdash;if 
  you will do what I did, you will be able to do what I do. If we can truly do 
  what they did, it becomes our own, at which point reason and faith are no longer 
  necessary. What is the practice requi