THE TRAP OF NOT DOING MORE..

The self-help industry is a circus, clients are the clowns, and gurus are the ringmasters.

I am one of those tired one, who has given up on all the self-help books and pieces of advice from the “Gurus”.

I don’t want to be a Guru, and I don’t go to the Gurus.

Like authenticity, the meaning of the word guru has been reaped off.

Brutally dismantled by the funnel fanatics with marketing gimmicks.

It is used to herd the flock of sheep into a funnel and on the other end, there is nothing else but dead tired sheep to be found.

They control the crowd and choose their students. People who don’t question and yet are ready to accept an answer for no reason.

A question never asked and the answer that is not required.

Fabricated.

Only a few intelligent people dare to walk their path. They are not chosen by the master, they choose one.

A true disciple chooses the master. Not otherwise.

If you click on the ad and put your name for a seminar to learn from a person that you have never known before is falling prey to the magic of advertising.

There is nothing so special about the course itself.

They are designed in a way to sell more. Pay a dollar now for a seminar and buy a thousand-dollar workshop, and then a private consultation.

Claims are made that these courses and the material provided are worth ten thousand dollars and offered “only today” to “limited people” for nickels..

The commercialisation embedded into the self-help industry, particularly in the context of seminars and workshops is dangerous.

This also compelled me to introspect on certain points:

What am I doing in the online space?

Am I here to earn money?

Do my readers get value out of what I write?

This writing is the outcome of such pondering.

Erosion of Authenticity

When you commercialise your teachings and offer them in the form of courses, it no longer speaks to the problem and the real solution to the problem.

If you want to sell something, you have to create or write what the audience wants to hear.

There is no deep learning involved in this.

At the giving end “Guru” is only learning what he can fabricate and sell, on the receiving end the “Disciple” is only trained to be part of the funnel and upsell.

Core principles are often overshadowed by profit motives, leading to a loss of authenticity in the teachings.

The course is no longer about what needs to be changed but is expected by the audiences.

Authenticity is a bitter pill the teacher should be willing to offer and the disciple should be willing to swallow.

Authentic teaching is not about delegating the whims of the student, it should rather evoke a quest to find the truth within.

Once you swallow the peel and face your inner truth, the change occurs on its own accord.

Be ready. Accept.

The Illusion of Quick Fixes

True teaching is pointing towards the truth. You have to walk on your own where the teacher is pointing.

No spoon feeding.

You are not a machine that someone will give you 5 simple steps to become enlightened and boom, it\’s done.

It is a different process for everyone.

It is a different path for everyone.

The truth is absolute, nothingness is nothing for everyone; the nature of experience is different.

This is the very reason various masters have chosen various paths to express the inexpressible.

You will have your path and no one can give you a road map to reach there.

Sitting in a class if every student accepts one solution to an individual problem, it is not a class it is a circus.

Where the ringmaster is forcing a lion to eat grass.

Critical Thinking

If you want to learn how to learn, learn critical thinking.

Be open-minded and curious about everything.

The question that arises in your mind often arises with a seed of answer within.

All you have to do is be calm for the answer to arrive after the question.

Meditation.

The vast empty openness within will give you the energy to have a well-rounded perspective towards things in front of you.

It gives a zest to face the demon of a thousand faces called thoughts until it disappears on its own.

And nothing remains.

Silence.

True Learning vs. Consumerism

A course that you buy online is nothing more than a product you buy off the shelf.

It was designed and advertised to be bought. It rarely has a purpose beyond this.

True learning sprouts when spending time with a person by reading his work, or meeting him in person.

Importantly, absorbing the discourses is like a sponge.

It takes time. A lot of time.

And this quality time cannot be compensated by money spent on a webinar.

Growth is a two-way process, teaching is an opportunity for both master and disciples to grow.

Togetherness.

This is called Maitreya, a name given to buddhas of the future means friendship.

Like you giggle with a friend when a joke is cracked, in the same manner, knowledge sprouts.

It is a joyous experience.

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