b75 (1/17/2015): incandescent guru

incandescent guru [1]
by gee u. r. you

incandescent guru
walking down the way
talking about what it is that we should do (or say)
taking in the admiration of disciples, now
incandescent guru: he’s the hope, the way, the tao
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• if it is (really) true that (in order to progress along the path) one needs a guru, then who was the guru to the first guru? 

• somewhere along the line, we assign magical, mystical powers to extra-ordinary people, and the aura gives them the impetus to inspire and to change lives. 

• the problem occurs when we see them in their true light: when they are frustrated, egoic, anxious, aging, sick.  when the guru is exposed, it is not he who has changed, but we – the perspectives that placed him up on the pedestal in the first place. 

• the benefit of being an invisible god is that you can’t get caught with your pants down. 

• from deepak choprah, to the pope, to the dalai lama, to the latest sports hero… human beings have flaws. 

• maybe the key is to see beyond those flaws… the way that new lovers see beyond. 

• but is this reality? 

• but does it need to be?

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gee, you are you (GURU!)!

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[1] martino , j . (1.17-2.15). incandescent guru. book 75: lost & found. © 2015 by joal martino.