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I find it so interesting to receive Guidance from unexpected sources. This week I showed up at the non-fiction writers’ group that I facilitate. Only one other person attended and we sat there and discussed the fiction book that he was writing (yes even in a non-fiction group). It had something to do with a famous country music star and of course, the writer. I sat and listened, offered suggestions, and after we talked about his stuff for awhile, he asked what I was working on.

“My bio”, I said, not expecting any advice form someone obviously so wrapped up in fiction.

What he said next blew me away.

You know”, he said, “You remind me of that woman who wears a white robe who’s on television all the time”. “Gangaji?” I asked. “Yes, that’s her”. Your voice and your message, remind me of her.

(I about fell out of my chair).

“But she’s an enlightened being”, I said. “She’s the first American “chosen” to continue the lineage of Gurus in India. I’m just a seeker of truth, no where near her level of enlightenment”.

Then he asked me the clincher question: “Do you really want to market yourself as a seeker, and not an expert?” It didn’t hit me until I got home. Lying in bed I realized – WOW. In your face enlightenment, from the most unexpected source!

When it comes to Gurus, many of them have followers who dote over them and throw rose petals at their feet. You get the impression (and who wouldn’t?) that they know something that you don’t, or that they are more enlightened than you are. Sitting in the audience, looking at them, either in person, or on television, one definitely could feel “Less than”.

Gangaji is the exception! And yet, still, she has that air of mystery about her. She has a KNOWING that we want so badly, and we forget that we TOO. have that knowing when we take the time to quiet the mind, ask the question and wait for the answer. I never want to come across as GREATER THAN to anyone. My message is that we are all ONE. As I am, so are you. So there must be a way to exude love and KNOWING, and still market myself as who I really am.

A human being, having a spiritual experience, who hopes to influence and transform others along the way, as I am influenced and transformed.