tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512522326546330039.post7840608608087912975..comments2018-08-31T13:18:54.292+01:00Comments on Keeping body and mind together: You can be your own guruKathleen Kettleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02317076380504668072noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512522326546330039.post-55043328481784461902013-11-04T11:27:10.743+00:002013-11-04T11:27:10.743+00:00if only We could trust more and think less...if only We could trust more and think less...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15950672166740694794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512522326546330039.post-18351140789757793112013-11-04T08:42:18.283+00:002013-11-04T08:42:18.283+00:00This topic needs to be talked about more in the wo...This topic needs to be talked about more in the world of spirituality! There is way too much of this guru stuff... At the end of the day, the thing that people need support with is the ability and space to hold acceptance for themselves and others. And nobody can really teach us that. We should all learn how to accept our personal responsibility as well as our personal power. <br /><br />As that quote goes, ''You can bring a horse to water but you can't make him drink it''. <br /><br />Very true, Jools, in regards to Deepak Chopra. It is getting very repetitive unfortunately, even though I love the ideas he has. Susan Nicola Sheehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415002169215468817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512522326546330039.post-673788559716256042013-11-04T07:43:33.580+00:002013-11-04T07:43:33.580+00:00You make some interesting points, all of which I a...You make some interesting points, all of which I agree with. To recognise that the guru lies within us is a very Zen thing to do. In fact, guru only means 'teacher' so, in all honesty, what's the big deal? Deepak Chopra is an interesting case. I have read most of what he has written and, whilst I adore him as a personality and a character, in the latter years I feel he has started to lose his own way! Teaming up with Oprah was, in my opinion, a mistake and has led to his ever increasing commercialism. A lot of what Deepak now writes is regurgitation of earlier refreshing ideas. How many ways can we say the same thing? Lots, as it turns out. There's an interesting conflict between man and ego going on here. To say that it has nothing to do with his ego is a misguided statement to make. Of course it has. Even the Dalai Lama says he's human and reflects on the past and some of his own actions with a mixture of joy and sadness. What are we, after all, without our ego? One of the most profound Buddhist meditations is to consider the nature of 'I'. Where is it? What is it? What happens to it when the body disintegrates? The problem, I find, with today's alternative health forums is that the whole industry - I use that word purposefully - depends on people not realising they have the a guru within themselves... Thanks for the thought provoking read!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445629159912795832noreply@blogger.com