You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references sir.
As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends.
All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.
I don't put up with being messed around, and I don't suffer fools gladly. The short version of that is that I'm a bitch. Trust me, I can provide character references.
We feel in one world, we think and name in another. Between the two we can set up a system of references, but we cannot fill in the gap.