Dear James,
I don’t like to bother you with trivial things but I’ve been watching some Satguru videos and some other Neo guys. He seems like an OK person but some of the things he talks about seem pretty weird. I won’t be surprised if you don’t answer this email but I’d be happy if you did. Thanks so much for everything. My life is not the same since I started listening to you. I sent a donation too.
Much love, Sharon
Dear Sharon,
I’ll make you happy. I get quite a few questions about Satguru, so maybe Isvara wants me to say a few words. One never knows what rich and famous people do behind the scenes. If he’s up to no good, he’s certainly good at hiding it. I think he is a good guy. He’s very clever, intelligent and confident as are a lot of Indians. But as far as spirituality is concerned, he’s just another spiritually materialistic Neo Advaita guy. He has no teaching and will promote any half-assed stupid “spiritual” idea that comes to mind, of which there are plenty. The exotic flavor appeals to Westerners who live boring, hard-working unimaginative lives. It’s romantic India at its deceptive worst. No blame. I was attracted to it for that reason, and I don’t regret falling in love with it. Fortunately, I fell out of love when I met a real mahatma. He’s this generation’s Kalki Avatar, the guy that got $5,000 for a 21-day retreat that reversed your brain and made you one of the 144,000 enlightened beings that saved the planet during the harmonic convergence. 😀 Vedanta is for normal, hard-working common-sense people so the idea should be “normal yoga.”
That you wrote shows me that Vedanta is working because you aren’t taken in by appearances. Thanks for the donation.
Love,
James
