Off the Reservation
Spirituality Gone Wrong -
October 22nd, 2009
For some, a 36-hour outdoor fast can reveal the pathway to transcendental bliss. For others, it sounds like a really sh*tty way to spend 36 hours, and worse — $9,000! Earlier this month, spiritual-financial guru James Arthur Ray led approximately 60 people on a “Spiritual Warrior” retreat in which three people died and 20 more were made ill after perspiring their figurative balls off in a “sweat lodge”. While it is unknown if the exercise allowed the participants to achieve a higher level of consciousness, as Ray claimed it would, you can bet your well-packed peace pipe that the aftermath certainly raised his insurance premium.
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Approximate number of people throughout the world that rely on holistic medicine as their primary form of healthcare, according to the World Health Organization. |
You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.
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Deepak Chopra, author, spiritualist, speaker
Pretty deep, Deepak! |
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Dr. John Harvey Kellogg did not like any of the guests visiting the Battle Creek Sanitarium to be full of sh*t — literally. Kellogg made sure that the bowels of each and every patient were cleansed by several gallons of water delivered by enema and followed up with a blast of a half pint of yogurt. Hate your job? Imagine the poor guy who aimed the yogurt hose.
Goo-Ruse?
| Dr. Phil | Homespun witticisms everyday in syndication. Cornpone daytime doc loves to "get real" and give advice. |
| Tony Robbins | If his enthusiasm and zest for life don’t blind you, his pearly whites will. |
| Martin J. Lara | Author and therapist that drinks his own piss and says you should do the same in his book. |
| Rhonda Byrne | Author of the best-seller The Secret. This book should be filed in the humor section. |
| Hoodoo Gurus | Goofy now, but it was the sh*t in the mid-80s on college radio. |
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Seeking the truth is essential to human nature. Is it necessary to discover the metaphysical by being dehydrated in sweltering heat? Perhaps, but we’d like to believe that a chilly sixer enjoyed in an air-conditioned den will help get you there too. |
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