>>45286
the path to Self and the path to lost of Self are closely related, anyone who is traveling alone can make the mistake.
But if you must travel alone, like me and many others, you can take a few measures to make it less likely to "go crazy". Like… Being patient, starting by solving the closest thing, being very careful in judgement and even then not taking it seriously.
And perhaps the most important thing is having your immediate experience of this world as reference, there are no sages who aren't capable of adjusting to this world to the degree they find necessary, there are no sages who can't connect with the majority of people, even if they don't agree with said people.
I had a master once, and although all about him was pretty outside the experience of normal people, he had a way to make it relatable, not alienating people even when he was intensely disagreeing with them.
Normal people might not be very bright, but if you're actually going crazy they'll tell you, in a different way than the usual "you're being different therefore I'll say you're crazy although I don't really mean it".