Guruphiliac Turns One Today!
File under: A Milestone in History
Wow! Today we've reached a major milestone in history. The very first blog that criticizes grandiose gurus from the regard of our interpretation of Advaita Vedanta has just turned one-year-old! That's about the same mental age that some of our readers find us to be. Huzzah!
We'd like to thank all the big time gurus who do more to prevent their devotees' self-realization than all the hookers in Thailand and heroin in Afghanistan. We look forward to continuing to be the South Park of gurudom and bringing you all the latest on how most of those who are purportedly divine are nothing more than ordinary narcissists in the throes of grandiosity and ego inflation; straight-up wackadoos who belong in a mental institution; or just plain, old, ordinary criminal con men and women.
We'd also like to thank the small cadre of assholes [Ed.note: That's a compliment, folks.] who continue to provide information and entertainment in the comments sections of this blog. You can find some really good inside scoop there on some of these over-stuffed buffoons also known as God to the duped and unsuspecting.
In addition, much appreciation is extended to Rick Ross and his CultNews.net, as well as the folks over at ReligionNewsBlog.com. Guruphiliac is heavily indebted to their efforts to report on the activities of the self-importantly religious. Finally, we must also not forget to thank Sarlo and the denizens at GuruRatings, where we cut our teeth and continue to enjoy discourse.
We look ahead to the coming year with vigor and enthusiasm. We hope to show that self-realization is not just the provenance of the allegedly saintly and supposedly divine, but is in fact the common birthright of all humanity, ever present and closer than anyone's own breath, right here and now, as if it were sitting on the tips of their noses.
posted by guruphiliac @ 11:22 AM
17 Comments:
Thanks, guys.
OTOH, the piece posted by Deewit was Krishnamurti's valedictory as the annointed Head of the "Order of the Star", where he basically told the Theosophists they were full of shit.
It has to be one of the greatest moments of intelligent gurudom in the last 1000 years.
Guys, we're obviously in the presence of a mistress of eloquence and a grand example of what subscribing to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living lessons will get you.
good stuff, happy birthday, keep up the good work!
Mazel tov, mi amigo -- Jai Ma, Jai Guruji!
Much love -- Bruce
Happy Birthday, Guruphiliac Jody!
This site is good for a few laughs on the wacky gurus out there, and has been the cause for a few good hours bellylaughing on my side. Keep it coming!
To be honest I'm very surprised that Gerald 'Joe' Moreno has taken to stalking Jody too. Perhaps Jody has provided the all-important catalyst for Moreno's development into full-blown schizophrenia. Just see how he boasts on his page about having made Jody's list of stalklogs as if it some kind of feather in his cap. What a sad little man, haha.
To think that he is now officially linked with Rasa von Werder says it all for me. :-) I'm curious as to the identity of the drugstore-blog owner though.
That's another reason to thank Jody for his Guruphiliac blogging about all of the nutty gurus out there. If you don't like it, don't read the damn thing! Go away! :-)
Jody, you haven’t mentioned yet how pompous Krishnamurti sounds when he keeps mentioning that he is the head of the silly sounding “Order of the Star”
You don't get it at all, Rita.
Krishnamurti, having been bred and groomed by the Theosophical numbskulls for years to take the world into the NewAge™, gets up to accept the crown of leadership for the whole organization... and instead dissolved the whole enterprise right on the spot.
He rejected and dismantled the Order of the Star instead of becoming its leader. He basically said "fuck you" and erased his own cult before it even got started.
That's Grade A, Number 1 gurudom if you asked me.
Jody, I am suprised you made it this long.
Hey Joe.
Is Rasa going to let you eat her shit for spending so much time and effort in your attempt to deride me?
I hope it tastes good.
Dude are you enlightened.
If yes. Cool. Most probably you are not. Your understanding of advaita vedanta is zero. Infact by disrespecting Guru's you are proving is much more. Have you heard of this shloka..I am sure you must not have...Its by Adi Sankara (the recent proponent of advaita)
Advaito Trilokeshu
Na Advaito Gurunasaha
Practice advait in entire trilok.
In front of the guru dont practice advaita.
Dude are you enlightened[?]
It is the easiest thing in the would to say you are enlightened, yet it is impossible to prove to anyone who isn't. This makes answering the question pointless.
My "appropriation" of Advaita as a standard by which to judge gurus is done with no real Sanskrit knowledge and not much study of Sankara outside of his commentaries on some of the Upanishads.
I suppose some would say that makes me a fraudulent proponent.
So be it.
I did hear about Ramesh's behavior with the ladies, and the confrontation at his course in Kovalam.
I wrote about that here.
He was working the guru angle to get the babes. That's fine if it's on the up and up, but not if on the down low, as it was. People were also complaining about Ramesh's people always asking for money, too.
Like you wouldn't do it if you could, Jody.
Oh you betcha' I would.
But it would be totally above the board, I promise.
When ladies post here, they are ignored, even when they agree with you.
Awww.... are you not getting enough attention, Rita? I'm sorry. Women with cute bodies who believe they have powerful minds deserve so much more, don't they?
Let's not forget to note that is was you who came up with the self-descriptive term "cute body," putting the sexism right back on you, girl.
You only know how to joke with the "boys", Jody. Everything I have said that wasn't about consciousness was meant to be taken as a joke.
Really? It came across as somewhat vindictive passive-aggressive judgments to me (and I suspect to others.)
But I guess that's all just my own projection.
Amazingly enough, you are correct, sir!
Even more amazing, that is the exactly the answer I knew you would provide.
Congratulations,Jody!
Watch out, Kalyani.
Rita is about to call you names and tell you to bite her.
What a childish statement, Jody!
If Kalyani doesn't like what I have said, she can bite me!
LOL!
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