Greece Travel Guide. Greek Island Guide. Hotels of Greece. I went to this guru once on Chapel Hill. He was presenting himself as a personal counselor- therapist but you could see that he had it in his mind to be a guru.
Probably he had a degree in psychology and became a disciple of Rajneesh or Muktananda and thought to himself, this doesn't look so hard, and went back to America and opened a little office in the closest thing he could find to a hippy town which was Chapel Hill, the town he happened to be from. I was in my twenties and wondering what was so wrong with me that I could not find a girlfriend, at least one that I liked, or the meaning of life for that matter.
He diagnosed my disease and the cure immediately. It was my relationship with my father and as soon as I forgave him I would progress on my path to enlightenment. I did not really have a clear idea of what I needed to forgive my father for but it sounded like a good deal so I forgave him and waited for the heavens to open for me. After the silence became awkward my Guru said to me that it was not that easy and in fact it would be a process of self discovery that he would lead me through once a week for an hour for a small fee.
That seemed fair too. If enlightenment were free than nobody would want it. But there was one stipulation he had, one rule he demanded of all his students, disciples, sanyasins, patients, whatever it was I was about to become.
Here it comes I thought. I have to wear only purple clothing, or change my name to Swami Goolabo, or eat only green leafy vegetables to purify my vibrations, or swear off casual sex or something else essential. He leaned forward and spoke these words to me which I will never forget:. I am here for you the rest of the year, but March is my own. Wow I thought. What could this be? It seems pretty esoteric, like maybe he fasts and goes into silence for the entire month of March in order to maintain the self-knowledge required to be a guru, like teachers and doctors going back to school to see what has been discovered since they graduated.
