How do I know if I'm ready to mentor someone else or need a mentor?

This is less about having all the answers and more about honest self-examination. Patanjali teaches that mastery comes through consistent practice and self-observation—not perfection. You might mentor when you've walked a genuine path long enough to recognize the terrain, even if you're still learning it yourself. The real question isn't 'Am I ready?' but 'What have I practiced enough to speak about truthfully?' A mentor needs patience with the gap between knowing and doing—because they live in that gap too. You need mentorship when you recognize that the next level of your growth requires guidance you can't generate alone. Neither requires you to be finished. Both require you to be honest about where you actually stand. Start there. Notice what frustrates you most about your own learning—that's often where your best mentoring lives, because you remember the difficulty. And seek mentorship in areas where you feel stuck not because you lack effort, but because you lack perspective. The readiness is already in the asking.