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Listen, maybe you can help shed some light on something that has baffled and frustrated me for a very long time...what is with this apparently common human need to worship and follow some sort of guru, messiah or savior?! WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY????

What on EARTH would prompt a live human being gifted with free will and (allegedly) a brain to surrender their power to someone outside of themselves like that? I've witnessed glassy eyed, creepy trance state worship on the faces of Oprah's audiences, Esther Hick's audience, Eckhart Tolle's audience, all people who can certainly teach and share but for shit's sake people, they are NOT messiahs. We ALL have so much to teach and share with one another, and that does not make any one of us any better than the other. I've had conversations with maintenance men who had amazing things to say about life and spirit that stuck with me and expanded my horizons, but I didn't walk around with pinwheels in my eyes after that expecting them to show me the way.

I remember reading the Abraham-Hicks material back in the old old days when they did typed up newsletters and audio CASSETTES and probably had under 100 people on their subscription list and I thought the ideas were sound, lovely and mostly common sense. But still, I saw the value in them as tools for inspiration and remembering what's important and how simple it can all really be. Their first officially published book was warm, sweet, lovely...but just now, watching lengthy clips on Youtube of Esther Hicks lecturing, what I mainly witnessed was someone who really digs the sound of her own voice, a LOT, and a room full of people who looked like they'd just been hit upside the head with the stupid stick. I did not see presence, self empowerment or clarity at all, just a lot of neediness and surrendering to someone else who had the answers and by gosh she was going to give them at length, damnit!

I also remember being in the gym, having a sweaty good time on the Stairmaster (I'm weird and sick that way, I do think it's fun) listening to music and seeing the President speaking to the masses after his "election victory". Not that there was any question as to the outcome of that whole situation, but that's a topic for another time. As the camera panned the crowd, I was literally appalled almost to nausea. I saw sheep, I saw worshippers, not free thinking citizens grounded in the here and now doing something they believed in. I saw a whole lot of "save us" looks and sighs. It honestly sickens me to even recall.

And my biggest question is WHY would a person choose to give their power, which is limitless and miraculous in my opinion, over to another? Supporting someone, valuing their ideas, learning, sharing and growing are all fabulous things...that's not what I'm seeing all around me in this world, not at all. In Siddha yoga, they are adamantly against Kundalini yoga because they believe it's dangerous to raise your own Kundalini energy. Instead, they counsel their followers that only a "guru" should awaken YOUR Kundalini, which they generally do with some spontaneous bolt of energetic power that often results in convulsions, blackouts and even vomiting. Nice. Yeah, I can see why that's better than gently raising it yourself over time at the pace your spirit and body set. And yes, that IS sarcasm. WHY would you believe that it's better and safer for someone other than yourself to bring your energy and power to a new level?

Is it fear of claiming your full power because then you are responsible for your own happiness and journey? I'm sure it seems easier to just give your power to someone who will fix things, whom you think knows more than you do...but that's bullshit, it's a copout. It's passing the buck in the biggest possible way to lie back, punch a chad in a voter booth, or Tivo Oprah so you know what to think or do and expect that someone else, someone other than you, can or will make things any different or better. The only person who can do that, ever, is you. Change yourself, your own life, where you're coming from, your intentions, and you change the world THAT way. You don't need someone else to do that for you or even to tell you how. See these books and teachers for what they really are; tools for self empowerment to do your own healing, to determine your own path in this life...THAT is the way to change this world for the better.

Posted by marathongal on 2009-05-20 18:46:14 | Rating:

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Isn't that what the Buddah said? Find out for yourselves. And that was how many years ago? We are in evolution. Evolution isn't something that took place long ago it is an ongoing process which we are in. It is also very very slow and unless there is a catastrophe, we are zapped and then we will change pronto.

Posted by greunie on 2009-05-20 18:55:24

well said. Good read on your blog about the 13 year old cancer patient, too. I was just reading about the warrant for the mother's arrest. Even though I agree with you and tend to think that I would do the same, I wonder if I would. Both choices take courage.

Posted by inthesummertime on 2009-05-20 19:01:33

Who knows what any of us would choose to do to help our sick child, but the key word is "choose" and what's happening right now is the courts are ruling that a mother does NOT have the right to make that choice, but they do, and that is disgusting, and not a good sign of what is to come. Sets a dangerous precident.

Thank you for the support!

Posted by marathongal on 2009-05-20 19:12:33

"See these books and teachers for what they really are; tools for self empowerment to do your own healing, to determine your own path in this life...THAT is the way to change this world for the better."

Part of the path to awaken (for most people) is to go through the seeking stage; looking outside of themselves for fulfillment and happiness. It is futile, but the search must be made, sometimes until exhaustion causes the person to give up. You yourself mentioned doing the same thing. It is a necessary step in most people's growth, and you're right, some of us stay in that outside search our entire lives, not realizing that what we seek is what we are.

Posted by GrammyandGrampy on 2009-05-20 21:48:43

Yes, and I myself also mention that there is a difference between seeking and worshipping. That's my crucial point. You can and should investigate the truth and be open to all resources and points of view, but surrenduring your power to another or worshipping someone as above you or greater than you...THAT, to me, is futile.

Posted by marathongal on 2009-05-21 13:29:40

Then we are in agreement.

Posted by GrammyandGrampy on 2009-05-21 16:33:14

Ah I can finally read your blog, hurray!! Anyway, you know I already agree and LOVE what you said. We are sheep, and people like you are necessary for helping to whack the sheep on the head and get them to wake up and realize what is going on! Not saying that is your responsibility, it is theirs, but people like you help the situation move along much nicer.

Posted by VegRunner on 2009-05-21 07:53:52