Jody Radzik of Guruphiliac Interviewed by RU Sirius
An interesting mp3, if you have the time, can be downloaded at RU Sirius’s website. There’s a few minutes of extraneous stuff at the beginning. It does kind of give you a sense of Jody’s take on this whole business. Some interesting descriptions of several gurus, mostly concentrating on their obvious flaws.
Nothing revolutionary, but I ended up enjoying it. If you occasionally find guruphiliac valuable, you’ll probably like this podcast.
I did think his description of enlightenment could have been stronger. One interviewer comments, “I’m a little skeptical about wether there is really anything to teach, but then, you believe in enlightenment…”. Jody says, “But you can’t teach it, tho. (refering to enlightenment) … It is completely outside the realm of intellectual discourse, or emotional experience. It’s not a thought, feeling, or sensation of any kind. But it is a special kind of knowledge, a special kind of understanding, that can exist in the context of a persons life.”.
Which is all true enough, and a good choice of a description for an internet radio show, but it certainly makes one think about how hard it is to try to simply describe and discuss even the idea of enlightenment. Much less the aspects of the enlightenment thing that are outside of the realm of language.
My favorite quote, referring to one of the currently semi-famous gurus that were being discussed: “… (a) factory spewing clouds of occluding nonsense about self realization … because … people come to think “When I get enlightened, I’m going to become this Shakti-spewing God or Goddess able to give people spiritual experiences by hugging them or looking at them or touching their forehead.” … none of that has anything to do with self realization.” (according to vedanta, Jody adds.)
Jody Radzik of Guruphiliac Interviewed by RU Sirius - the mp3 is on this page.
May 9th, 2007 13:06
That’s right. You don’t become a “shakti-spewing God or Goddess able to give people spiritual experiences by hugging them or looking at them or touching their forehead”. None of that has to do with realization.
Using Jody Radzik’s standards, true realization has to do with using illegal psychedelic drugs to re-induce spiritual sex-slave hallucinations and eating through your “who”.
Did I forget to mention that Jody Radzik claimed that he is Self-Realized and Enlightened? And you guys are actually promoting this stuff. Amusing.
The Truth About The Guruphiliac Owner, Jody Radzik
May 9th, 2007 13:49
Yes, I think that reading the guruphiliac blog can be very useful for all practicioners.
If a person can’t take a little critique, or even a scathing critique, there may be something wrong with their practice.
Thanks for the link to your Radzik critique page, it’s very relevant.
So, what’s your practice like?
February 28th, 2008 21:58
true realization has to do with using illegal psychedelic drugs to re-induce spiritual sex-slave hallucinations and eating through your “who”
Actually, that was all the result of my DSM-IV-grade mental diagnosis. I got help for it and I’m better now.
February 28th, 2008 22:46
Hello jody.
I don’t really have a response to the black humor.
It’s funny how people get so pissed off about religion and storylines and personal fealty.
Thanks for the comment, and keep up the good work.