For more than a decade, my friend Jody Radzik has dropped countless spiritual mindbombs on me. In fact, he’s probably the only person that holds my interest in such matters. He has a wonderfully-open mind, but he’s certainly no sucker. Jody’s an intrepid explorer, always ready to dig into a belief system but never afraid to knock a guru off his or her throne with a brilliant and witty observation. In fact, his new blog–guruphiliac–is about just that. This week’s posts include the likes of subway-gassing Aum Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara’s prison proclivity to “wearing diapers and mumbling incomprehensibly” and news of Hindus pissed off at a Ford commercial where Shiva discusses how owning the car is good Karma. From the guruphiliac mission statement:
“While we understand that gurus are held sacred by many, they are also public figures deserving of scrutiny. Our primary aim is to inject a little humor into what can be an excessively self-righteous enterprise, and to illustrate the primary truth that no matter how divine their devotees believe them to be, gurus poop on the same pot we do.”