GURU BARS: An invitation to taste the transcendental

    Gurus are perfect contradictions
    with tantalizing incongruities.

    If reality seems too bland
    or life lacks sufficient flavor
    why not try a Guru BarTM or
    for an experience that can be savored?

    Guru BarsTM come in many sizes
    and are sold in countless ways –
    check your local yoga newsletter
    or visit India
    for a mind-dazzling display.

    Experience transcendental bliss:
    find a guru fresh 'n crisp
    bringing a shakti-flavor
    to aspirants who savor
    a sweetness
    out ah dis world!


Chariya: (with chagrin) Gurus are not market commodities!

Daiki:   (nonchalantly) Well, isn't everything in dis world fer sale?

Chariya: Perhaps, but a true guru is not in this world. Their body is here, but 
         consciousness elsewhere. Don't you realize that?

Daiki:   (chuckling) Nope, but I do realize there are a lot of charlatans! Not all people in saffron 
         robes or running ashrams deserve to be called true gurus. Con artists abound.

Chariya: (sighing) In that case what can I say? Enjoy your candy bars…


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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY: A satire about gurus and dialog about spiritual marketing
KEYWORDS: the commodification of knowledge, spiritual marketing, guru worship, occultism

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) 
Begun: 1975 in Fairfield, IA, USA  ≜ Finished: 2021 in Shizuoka, Japan 
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 

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