On Becoming a Guru

Tonight, we are going to explore the spiritual and scientific mechanics of the miraculous, spontaneous fulfillment of your desire to become a guru, loved by.
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But just look around at the accelerating number of people becoming Gurus. Politicians, business consultants, think-tank experts, military advisors, investment analysts, and sanitary engineers. They've tapped into a Way of proclaiming themselves teacher, trainer, instructor, master, tutor, director, coach, don, professor, lecturer, reader, prelector, prolocutor, preacher, chalk talker, pastor, schoolmaster, dominie, pedagogue, abecedarian, schoolmistress, dame, monitor, expositor, preceptor, guide, mentor, adviser, pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, and munshi.

By taking on such titles, people listen to them, respect them - and PAY them for their Wisdom.

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These same methods are available to you - as revealed in this book. If you sat at the feet of these modern Gurus for a time, you would doubtless get the feeling - as many have - that they are not "special" people, ordained from On High, but ordinary persons who have the drive to make a go of it in a highly competitive racket. Many of them have no better qualifications than you. The only thing that keeps you from becoming a Guru is You!

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But Charisma can't be taught, I hear some faint-heart chirp. Most current charisma is concocted from impudence, audaciousness, and presumptuousness in exactly the manner set out in this book. You can become a Modern Guru in Seven Days - if you believe everything this book tells you. Seven days may seem like too short a period for learning how to attain the exalted status of a Modern Guru.

Actually it is probably much too long - considering the modern style in Gurus. If you read several chapters per night, you'll wake up the 8 th night a Changed Person.

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Only if you want to become a Modern Guru will this book assist you. The old-style, self-effacing, retiring, unassuming, disinterested Guru is largely a thing of the past. And some say good riddance. You may find the venerable old or young Teacher working away in some remote corner of the world - if you bothered to search. But the old school of Guruship is not doing at all well in today's busy Spiritual Market-Place.

For every old-style guru there must now be hundreds thousands? And rightly so, for she is "selling" something just as important in this materialistic world as toothpaste or a new foreign policy. He is the representative of a Larger World, opening up a new marketing area, where humans have been deprived too long of the benefits of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.

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He must be dynamic and forceful - and sincere. One of the chief dangers 3 in becoming a Modern Guru through reading this book is that you will hurry through the instructions, not allowing the techniques to soak in, to become second nature to you. Like the impatient child who tries to learn to ride a bicycle without training wheels, your disciples will detect the same kind of wobbliness in your approach if you do not practice to become Sincere.

Let none of these dangers, however, deter you from pressing on to become a Modern Guru. The field is white for the slaughter.

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A guru is a spiritual master in Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism who is able to transmit the wisdom of spiritual study and meditation to others. Follow a few steps to become a guru so you can help others move towards spiritual enlightenment. Survey the spiritual studies of Hinduism and Buddhism. Although many feel that a self-improvement book will do the trick, Buddhism and Hinduism are some of the oldest philosophical and spiritual systems in the world.

You should know a bit about each system, and something about "sister" systems like Sikhism and Jainism, so you can take your first step in the right direction.

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The Vedas are the nearly endless orthodox texts of Hinduism. The Vedas contain the first ideas about becoming a guru and many of the seeds of wisdom and teaching which led to the development of Buddhism and the advent of Eastern wise men and spiritual masters. Decide to devote yourself to Hindu or Buddhist spiritual practice. As much as any other ancient religions, Hinduism and Buddhism prescribe ways of life which help a devotee get closer to a heightened spiritual state.

Taking this step require lots of patience and devotion, so be sure of it before you take the plunge. Find your own guru.

Before you can become a guru, you need to be taught by a guru of your own.