Folks, when it comes to fulfilling your spiritual yearnings, all I can say is, "Whatever floats your boat". But according to the article, these "seekers" paid Mr. Guru as much as $9,000 to spend five days at his compound. At least three of those days (consecutively) they ate nothing, and capped that ordeal off by hanging out in the sweat lodge.
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Peeps! WTF were you thinking? You put your life in the hands of a glib-talking fraud, and you paid him beaucoup d'argent for this privilege? Do you think there's something exceptionally mystical about Sedona? Did you take that Billy Jack movie too seriously?
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If you want to "get closer to God" while almost killing yourself, you might want to forget this charlatan and go join the Native American Church. They're in the neighborhood. They'll give you some peyote buttons to eat. Just ignore their advice about digging out the "tufts" and eat the peyote "as is". Them thar cool-looking tufts are strychnine. They'll give you a near-death experience along with your visions.
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And BTW, the investigation into the cause of the deaths is still in progress. But here's my prediction - they died from not enough oxygen in the sweat-lodge air. You basically had a confined-space, where the steam had displaced some of the O2. You don't need to go down to Zero Oxygen to die. Normal air has about 21% O2; drop that down to about 16%, and it's lights out, baby. Watch the articles, the authorities will eventually figure this out.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
New Age Tragi-Comedy
Liz and I are going to Sedona (Arizona) in a couple weekends. Sedona has some majestic scenery (red rock formations), some la-di-dah art galleries, and more than its share of New Age idiots.
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The latter brought Sedona into the headlines last week when three people died in a self-help guru's homemade sweat lodge. It turns out Mr. Enlightenment, one James Arthur Ray, had neglected to get the necessary permits for his structure. You can read the latest MSNBC article on this here. A photo of his sweat lodge is below.
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Folks, when it comes to fulfilling your spiritual yearnings, all I can say is, "Whatever floats your boat". But according to the article, these "seekers" paid Mr. Guru as much as $9,000 to spend five days at his compound. At least three of those days (consecutively) they ate nothing, and capped that ordeal off by hanging out in the sweat lodge.
.
Peeps! WTF were you thinking? You put your life in the hands of a glib-talking fraud, and you paid him beaucoup d'argent for this privilege? Do you think there's something exceptionally mystical about Sedona? Did you take that Billy Jack movie too seriously?
.
If you want to "get closer to God" while almost killing yourself, you might want to forget this charlatan and go join the Native American Church. They're in the neighborhood. They'll give you some peyote buttons to eat. Just ignore their advice about digging out the "tufts" and eat the peyote "as is". Them thar cool-looking tufts are strychnine. They'll give you a near-death experience along with your visions.
.
And BTW, the investigation into the cause of the deaths is still in progress. But here's my prediction - they died from not enough oxygen in the sweat-lodge air. You basically had a confined-space, where the steam had displaced some of the O2. You don't need to go down to Zero Oxygen to die. Normal air has about 21% O2; drop that down to about 16%, and it's lights out, baby. Watch the articles, the authorities will eventually figure this out.
Folks, when it comes to fulfilling your spiritual yearnings, all I can say is, "Whatever floats your boat". But according to the article, these "seekers" paid Mr. Guru as much as $9,000 to spend five days at his compound. At least three of those days (consecutively) they ate nothing, and capped that ordeal off by hanging out in the sweat lodge.
.
Peeps! WTF were you thinking? You put your life in the hands of a glib-talking fraud, and you paid him beaucoup d'argent for this privilege? Do you think there's something exceptionally mystical about Sedona? Did you take that Billy Jack movie too seriously?
.
If you want to "get closer to God" while almost killing yourself, you might want to forget this charlatan and go join the Native American Church. They're in the neighborhood. They'll give you some peyote buttons to eat. Just ignore their advice about digging out the "tufts" and eat the peyote "as is". Them thar cool-looking tufts are strychnine. They'll give you a near-death experience along with your visions.
.
And BTW, the investigation into the cause of the deaths is still in progress. But here's my prediction - they died from not enough oxygen in the sweat-lodge air. You basically had a confined-space, where the steam had displaced some of the O2. You don't need to go down to Zero Oxygen to die. Normal air has about 21% O2; drop that down to about 16%, and it's lights out, baby. Watch the articles, the authorities will eventually figure this out.
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