Thursday, February 04, 2010
God Man, Ad Man, Con Man & Stupid Men
I was always intrigued by God Men, as always aspired to be one. Firstly they are great Ad Men as they can put advertising companies to shame with the moolah they rake, teach them Marketing strategies, and rake up TRP's (Television Rating Points). One of our latest in India is a guy named Ramdeo, who can cure pimples to cancer by twisting your body into shapes that make you look like from where you evolved. That only confirms why this dude is cockeyed; twisting himself so much that he got his eyeballs twisted. Wonder why he can’t straighten that, as he claims yoga can improve eyesight and even avoid need for glasses. I have no complains about yoga and its healthy abilities, it is just like any form of exercise that is good for the body. Packaging it as a medical cure is what I have a problem with. Then you have the con men and they need no mention, as many go for a fix to these dudes to ward off bad luck, try to peek into the future to see what it holds, though none of them could predict jack shit till today, though I personally loved Osho, whose fix for everything was sex. He was so good at sex that he actually screwed US of A, and had to be deported. That is besides the point you don’t need to be a God Man to screw US of A.
I am not disputing or trying to disprove that there are no holy men or spiritual men. Then it is like finding a needle in a hay stack. As in the last 5000 years of mankind there has been just few like a Gautam Buddh, Mahavir, Jesus, Guru Nanak, Sai Baba, Mohammed, who been teachers and spiritual guiders to humanity. Taking of Sai Baba, the new breed of God (Con) men cannot even form a cult of their own that they try to fake the holy men of history, as one of them claims to be the reincarnation of Sai Baba, and fishes out gold rings from thin air, coughs out gold eggs, and have a huge base of followers who are the Stupid Men. So this guy is like the sequel of Hollywood Movies, like Rambo which had 4 sequels, this guy claims to be Sai Baba part 2. Some of his believers even believe that holy ash falls from his picture on their walls, not realizing that they may have not painted their walls for ages and the plaster is peeling. I am in the process of grooming myself to be Sai Baba part 3, and learning some cool hand tricks from youtube. The egg and the holy ash from my picture I tried it with my wife, just that she threw eggs on my picture and instead of holy ash from my picture; my picture had to be throw in the thrash.
In our recent history I have great admiration for people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa and Dalai Lama to name a few. None of them ever proclaimed divinity or spiritual powers that heal. They just had their actions that spoke louder than words, and their actions will inspire the next generations of mankind. None of them had lifestyles that were materialistic in nature and had just one goal to make the world a better to live in. Their whole lives were dedicated to help mankind, reach out and touch.
Since I can never be anywhere close to these noble and holy men, I am aggressively pursuing my dream of being the Con Man, so currently doing a course on the ‘Art of Living’ by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who claims to cure all worries and stress by breathing. Just never knew why he had to title himself twice as Sri, which is equivalent to Mr. in English, till I heard him speak. He has such a feminine voice that maybe he has to emphasize twice in his title that he is a Man. Some of the stuff he teaches is really cool, as otherwise none of these jokers would have such huge fan following. It’s like watching a movie you like a star you watch his movies, you ape him, etc. Same here these guys can awe people with the gift of the gab, or cheap magic tricks or twist and turn. So this guy’s breathing stuff is nice and good quick fix of feel good. Breathing techniques are thought and then relaxation techniques and in the process some fall asleep and snore, when they awake it is good fresh feel, and WoW this guy is treated like God. I tried the breathing technique and it is good, just that on one occasion I took a heavy breath and broke wind, and in the process I got the revelation for the name of my institute when I claim to be God Man, it would be called the ‘Fart of Living’.
As a friend of many years, I have reason to believe your Narcissistic condition is not beyond cure.
There's some good news - Pranayam could perhaps help you. If you are lucky, it may sharpen your wit too!
That you derive sardonic pleasure in taking a dig at people is pretty obvious but why bury dignity and poise in the cesspool of your self love?
Thanks for sanctifying Gandhi, Teresa and the Dalai Lama. They are lucky to get your support.
Sudhir
But on a serious note, these con-men will thrive as long as there are stupid people following them. Who do we blame here.? Hopefully, education might play a role, we can see some improvements in India.
On a lighter note, we can console ourselves by the fact that these idiots exist in every country, in some form or the other.
Anyways, great blog. keep it up.
cheers/Sebastian
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