Everybody wants to be a groovy hippy enlightened life coach teacher doctor healer

[liveonearth]

What's up with that? I mean, as I look around, I am on this path toward naturopathy. Everybody I know or meet is going toward nursing or doctoring or acupuncturing, or working as a massage therapist, or treating addicts, or teaching yoga or meditation or nutrition, or opening up a practice, or getting a new certification, or writing a book about all the important stuff they've learned in life. We're all doing it. Some are ahead of others, but we're all going the same direction, like lemmings. Everybody's got a web page. Everybody's self-promoting, wanting to be the guru, wanting to be paid for what we know. We all are hip and cool. What next?

I wonder when the day will come that there's no money for what we know and can communicate, and the matter becomes what can we DO. Besides teach. Who was it that said those who can't do, teach? And why is it that my life is full of gurus or every stripe?? Or is it that my life is full of entrepreneurs, those who have the smarts to separate a sucker from his money for no more than an idea or an experience? And what in life is worth more than an idea or experience? And are they actually making a living with all this purveying of insight? Am I in a bubble? I must be in a tiny little cultural bubble.

I know I'm going around in circles. Seems to be status quo.

The question is, how does a guru dress? And how sincere does the smile really have to be? Because after a while, all those phoney blissed out guru smiles really get tired. It's hard to maintain the appearance of enlightenment. A lot of work, and the veneer is full of gaps.

Comments

[neptunia67.livejournal.com]

True, that. I think activities that require physical commitment and a certain level of expertise before they become easier - kayaking, skiing, figure skating, throwing pots (;-p) also require determination and a passion for the activity. I, for one, thought I wanted to kayak but what I really wanted to do was be on the river. Sitting in a duckie is just fine with me - I've been there, done that, and had no desire to continue with the learning curve. The unavailability of a regular practice site probably made the decision easier.

I don't think your teaching has much to do with it, though. I've found you to be quite articulate and compassionate when teaching or demonstrating moves, both on the river and off (yoga, for instance).

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you had a lovely river running through your back yard it would all be different. Nobody gets to be a good kayaker living in Arizona. All the good kayakers that live in Arizona learned somewhere else. But throwing pots you can do right there....and it is fun to hear that you are getting so consistent that you get a piece for every lump. AWEsome.