Why Wait?

All of the plethora of gurus and masters all basically say the same thing. It is so utterly simple that we can easily dismiss it as naive. And yet it is still true...

A lot of what Louix says or any of the others who speak like him (Gangaji, John De Ruiter, Adyashanti etc. etc.) is just the same stuff from the Course In Miracles tilted and shifted to reach a certain audience. None of this is new. But it is the real deal nonetheless.

If you could just turn off your hypercritical, ego mind for a split second... even the simplest and most naive prattlings of a child would wake you up.

Year of Rebirth... aho.

Well, himself he claims to be the shit:

"It has been prophesied for thousands of years, by many mystics and prophets, and throughout all religions, that God would incarnate in the form of The World Teacher to create a New World Order on Planet Earth. This one particular Avatar would be known by Buddhists as the Maitreya, by Christians as the Second Coming, by Jews as the Messiah, by Hindus as the Kalki Avatar. I am that One. I have come among thee, as your equal, to create a New World Order among all men, verily among all creation itself. No house, home, church, or temple shall escape the dauntless ferocity of My love, the soul-wrenching permeation of My gaze, nor the salvation from all suffering granted by the eternal devotion of My existence among you." LouixDorDempriey.com

how many can there be? Only one I guess. But there are so many. Anyway, his website was astonishingly cheesy and it made me laugh. Thank you.

I was most definetely cheesed, and I loved it.

I didn't want to bust out with the "cheese" label, but since it has been thrown down...

It certainly does "grate" people the wrong way when self-styled messiahs and saviors set themselves on a pedestal and make haughty claims such as Louix does.

Having been friends with a few such characters, often before they set up their Avatarhood... I can understand the rational aversion to such chicanery.

And yet, they are generally not lying out of hand. They simply neglect to mention that we are all the sons & daughters of "God," and all of us are equally tapped in to the cosmic essence. The only thing that a master has which the unenlightened masses don't, is a direct awareness of their divinity.

One such immersion into god-consciousness might be a satori or a revelation. When such consciousness becomes one's regular state of being... one is said to be "enlightened." The fact is, that someone in such a state can aid people in gathering their energy and awareness to the point where they might experience a direct connection themselves. So, gurus and masters have always given darshan, satsang, beatifications, and other such blessings to those willing to fund their activities.

Is it worth a thousand bucks to have somebody reflect the divine light back into your eyes? Who knows?

Gurus are the fondue of enlightenment. People gather round and dip their bread squares into the steaming hot cheese of the maha-samadhi. Fondue is generally an expensive meal... and it can leave you feeling like you have a stone in your gut. But it is fairly social, and with a strong shot of swiss schnaps it can be rather pleasant, if you go for such things...

(I may have to dig out Primus' "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese" and blast it for old time's sake) ;-)

Words are the particular magico-poison of our human species. Through them we can enjoy this sandwich together. Some of us cannot digest cheese, others cannot digest meat, others don't like broccoli...

Personally, there's way too much food here (and everywhere else) for me to even begin to digest alone. I pick and choose what I eat. But lets not restrict the menu based on our own personal likes and dislikes.

While the word guru definately has accumulated its own baggage, especially in its travels to the "West"(?), it has its function, like all words we have created: is there light without darkness? Is there wisdom without ignorance. Though we aspire to go beyond duality, since we think, speak, and write, lets do so freely, without arbitrary constraint.

Thank you all for continuing to learn and share together.

P.S. Gratitude for and support of this more intuitive chronology of posts, comments, and replies.

If the message touches my heart, which it does. If the message helps me ultimately to become greater love... which is my only goal in this life... then I appreciate you posting it and I want to hear more from this man, and others who have the same impact on my soul. Thank you for being bold enough to post a message so beautiful and important and do so at great risk, because it is delivered by a "Guru." Angel

"Is That So? The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbors as one living a pure life. A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child. This made her parents very angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin. In great anger the parents went to the master. "Is that so?" was all he would say. After the child was born it was brought to Hakuin. By this time he had lost his reputation, which did not trouble him, but he took very good care of the child. He obtained milk from his neighbors and everything else the little one needed. A year later the girl-mother could stand it no longer. She told her parents the truth - that the real father of the child was a young man who worked in the fishmarket. The mother and father of the girl at once went to Hakuin to ask his forgiveness, to apologize at length, and to get the child back again. Hakuin was willing. In yielding the child, all he said was: "Is that so?" "

Amber, right on target, anytime anybody qualifies or screens or vets usage, saying this word's good and that one's not, you're dealing with their agenda. cause all words are labels. actual reality will never be corralled with words. my guru is your pain in the ass, your guru is my ex-lover, the billy goat's guru is a blade of grass.