WHAT IS THE ANTIGURU?

It has become fashionable in the west for a lot of people to have a guru. That is, a man or woman who is supposed to lead you to freedom. The guru whether by providing you with a list of activities to do or maybe just sitting with them will some how change your life into one of liberation.

The AG Menu

1. The Antiguru 
2. The Cult of the Guru;
3. Alert! The danger of awakening! 
4. How does this work through me? 
5. The Personality  

1: THE ANTI-GURU

Why have I called myself the antiguru? Not because I hate gurus as such, or those who truly are seeking. but to be an opposite to the game.

The Antiguru's code of conduct!

1. All gurus must have an antiguru, that is the nature of this dualistic world. 
2. The antiguru will not try to gain followers 
3. The antiguru will not present a spiritual teaching 
4. He will be ruthless with those who come by who sprout spiritual non-sense!
5. Sexual mores etc are not his business; everyone else has had a go and failed!
6. He probably will not be popular with spiritual people
7. His job is to sort the genuine seeker from the deluge of spiritual entertainment junkies.
8. The antiguru will do his best to reveal the trance slave-like nature of ordinary life.
9. The antiguru will probably get into trouble with politicians or news media more than once in his life.
10. He does not have a tenth in this list   he is not Moses!

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2:THE CULT OF THE GURU

It has become fashionable in the west for a lot of people to have a guru. That is, a man or woman who is supposed to lead you to freedom. The guru whether by providing you with a list of activities to do or maybe just sitting with them will some how change your life into one of liberation.

Now what is liberation? or freedom or peace? well most of us have some childish idea that it is some place where there are no problems, no flies land on your face, there are no nasty people etc. the list is endless and of course the ultimate  bait hanging on the string is immortality, one lives on beyond the body in some wonderland.

Now this may be true or not true, but the problem is, all these ideas themselves are part of the trap of the mind. The trouble a teacher or guru has is that 99.99 percent of those who come to them do not hear what is said. There can be a small opening at first but soon the monster learns the tricks of the game and turns the teaching into a mind spin. endlessly going round and round bouncing ideas back and forward with fellow disciples and staying stuck

The mind soon turns it all into a process  meaning I suffer through all these experiences and in the imaginary future I will be freed .

This is the ancient enslavement of religion. 

Religion probably started out when someone asked "why am I here" or "how can I improve my hunting skills" etc. They then thought by doing some kind of ritual or other activity it would help them. Amazingly no one checked to see if it  actually worked! Soon the cunning  devil of the mind (I call the monster ) locked onto this in one or two individuals who liked the idea of controlling others. Thus the  witch doctor or tribal priest was born. At this stage, things weren't too bad by modern standards till the idea of sacrifices arose which in some cultures turned into human sacrifices turning the whole culture into a living hell destroying the humanity of the people and eventually destroying the whole civilisation..

All this would be impossible without the idea of the future  you must realise that the future is a creation of the human mind. No other animal seems to have a concept of  it.  

People try to tell their dog  I will give you a treat later on, but no way is the dog impressed, he is just hungry! now.

In more recent times,  religions and governments have tended to work hand in hand to enslave vast numbers of people. Very few have escaped this sophisticated two prong process and those who do, are usually either locked up declared insane or killed. In the west the decline in the influence if Christianity has been replaced by the religion of materialism and scientism. We are told every day on the TV about new products which will improve our lives but it all costs!

Nearly every day a bulletin on the news has a science report about a new wonder drug which could (note the word) cure some disease but it will take many years of testing etc, and cost millions to make test and ultimately purchase. Meanwhile millions are starving or dying of basic diseases caused by poverty.

So all this background  has hypnotised millions into believing a better world exists in the future and it must be spiritual and "I" must do something to get there and I must pay for it.

Enter the spiritual capitalists! especially in the USA. Nearly every week a new book is published by a new found guru.!

So why does Robert bother to write all this stuff? Well because I have lived in Byron Bay for many years and seen it grow as a Guru Mecca for the Southern hemisphere. Recently something went pop inside and I have to say something about all this. I am even troubled by what many of my friends do .

I probably will not be so popular in Byron Bay after they find out about this but that is not my business .

So what to do?

If you find yourself realising that modern life is not what it is cracked up to be and you see that you have been unhappy for years. 

Well you can go to a guru but don't go for too long maybe a few weeks and then leave him/her. Any longer and you will fall into the love slumber and be trapped. One must be alert; a true teacher will not want to have large crowds around them. they will try to push you away, they may try and run away from you, so beware of the loving all considerate type guru and those who entertain your whingeing 

Beware of hanging out with other like minded devotees ,and when you find yourself talking guru speak beware!!! You have become trapped in a cult or culture You have become separated from the rest of the world  and you wont feel happy unless you can associate with other cultists.

Your best cure is to have a holiday in a place that is completely non-spiritual. and feel and face the energy that arises. See how addicted you have become!!

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3: Alert ! The Danger of Awakening

It is interesting how fate or life works. at this time a deepening is happening in me It is as if in the centre of me a cosmic black hole has opened up. Totally unknowable. All experiences and realisations are like bits of stars swirling around on the outside. This is why I warn people about awakening it is not what a lot of people think. You know all the bright lights bells and whistles. They are just cafe's on the road!  Once this process starts it cannot be reversed. The relationship with the world is permanently changed The personal sense of self disappears.

 The transition to this could be very disturbing to people who have no preparation. I wonder how many schizophrenics started off with an experience like this and because there was no support they were treated as mad and locked up. I see the main purpose of a teacher is to support people in relaxing into this void and direct them away from their habitual mind patterns which blur the seeing of reality.

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4: How does this Work though me?  

I am somewhat of an iconoclast, my personality fits very closely the number five in the enneagram! My wife borrowed a book from the local library on the enneagram. I am always a bit cautious about such things but the personality description was surprisingly accurate  An iconoclast is defined in the dictionary as " a smasher of icons namely one who destroys cherished religious beliefs". 

So I have the tendency to encourage you to drop the veil of dream like thoughts, feelings and beliefs which prevent you from seeing what is real or true. Once these loose their grip we can then surrender to the infinite and let it do its work in its own way.  Caution!!! once this process is started, it proceeds with its own intelligence and cannot be stopped!!!!!!!; after all, once you have been shown that Santa Claus didn't really bring you presents at Christmas and it was all a scam, can you ever truly believe in it again ?

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  5: The Personality   

I don't try and change or repair personalities, because the personality is some kind  of fixed cultural or inherited quality of an individual but it is not consciousness itself. So to try and fix up or change a personality is like swapping deck chairs on the Titanic. Who has succeeded in changing their personality by force? A personality is just a collection of behaviour patterns not a concrete entity.

By being present and feeling the true power of this moment all other facets of ones life will become in alignment. This does not mean that life will be easy, we live in a world plagued by disease old age and death (quoting Buddha) poverty and fabulous wealth as well as violence from nature and mankind. The only rest from all this is NOW (out of time). Realising the infinite.

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