This is the very essence of any spiritual journey to connect man with the divine but in our present world our mentors are so much authoritative that they actually hinder people from pursuing this divine journey.They lord over us their personal teachings instead of making us free to choose our ways to reach God.All your religious rituals should bring you close to God and if it does not do so believe you need to change your path.Shams Tabriz has aptly expressed the concept.