BBC Documentary / 58 Minutes

Carlos Castaneda is certainly one of the most controversial and influential spiritual teachers of the last century. His books about the teachings of the Yaqui Indians was an international bestseller and still a must read for many esoteric’s out there. This documentary gives you an excellent insight in his tragic life and all the controversy surrounding his teachings.

Once again it shows that so called Gurus can turn grains of truth into madness - instead of spirituality and enlightenment you get distortion and lies.

I guess the temptation to abuse the power that some spiritual insights give you are too much for many Gurus.

Money, fame, admiration, sexual offers and power over large groups of people are a challenge most gurus fail to overcome. Instead of resisting temptation they fail to withstand the temptations of leadership and power.

Most terrible of all: he damaged the cultures he studied, he put wrong ideas in millions of heads (and therefore caused a lot of confusion and pain) and he did it all for mostly materialistic reasons.

Like L. Ron Hubbard he used his superior mind and excellent insights into the human psyche for his personal advantage.

Once again that phrase “If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!” is a very good guide to your own spirituality. Don’t follow any illusions! Don’t follow other Buddha’s - be your own teacher and take responsibility!

Follow your own road …

That commercial precisely captures two modern truths: pumping yourself up with music (via your iPod) and loads of sugar & caffeine from your local latte dealer.

Music, sugar and caffeine to make ourselves feel good and calm down our neurotic egos. We do matter! We do great stuff! We have a great job to fulfil! We are someone!

So we force our brains to feel euphoric although there is nothing to feel euphoric about. So that high that you kick yourself into is simply self-deception and worth nothing.

Stop lying to yourself and get real highs.

Let’s be honest: of all the legal drugs chocolate in all it’s pleasurable incarnations is not only the sweetest, but the most addictive. Chocolate has a smoothing influence in our brains and our stomachs. It’s instant (self)love in many shapes and states (still waiting for ‘inhalable’ chocolate).

But worse of all: you can get chocolate everywhere. It’s not like Heroine or Cocaine, it’s legal and everybody wants to sell it to you. Evildoers even give you chocolate for free - as a present or gratification. We even give it to our youngest kids as an incentive for good behavior - and so we start their addiction pretty early.

Nobody can escape the charming taste of chocolate! Whole nations like Belgium and Switzerland have based their economies on the production of this drug - like Afghanistan relies on Poppy production.

But please keep all these secrets to yourself - otherwise some American nut job declares a ‘War on Chocolate’ …

PS: Please leave a comment and tell us your favorite type chocolate!

Prozac Penis Nation - we are still to much ruled by our chemicals. When will be learn to influence our psyche by ourselves through mental exercises and proper food instead of external chemicals, medication and party drugs?

How about an enlightenment pill?