 One of my favorite sayings, enlightenment is a group activity. We might visit a new elevated state of being by grace, but we cannot stay there under our own power. Willpower alone is insufficient to maintain good behavior. You have probably experienced that yourself. I know I have. To stay there, or even abide there more than occasionally, what is needed is quite simply help or fellowship. And that is one of the motivations behind this course. I really want to gather people together in a kind of community, or at least a fellowship. A group of people who are all attracted to the same thing. The idea of a company of noble friends, by which is meant, as Nippun explained, people who are dedicated to a noble cause.