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Ken Wilber On 'Guru Yoga' In Modern Times

KEN WILBER ON "GURU YOGA" IN MODERN TIMES

For thousands of years the tradition of Guru Yoga, or unconditionally submitting yourself to a spiritual teacher, has been a remarkably effective method of helping dislodge people from the confines of chronic self-contraction. However, the practice of surrendering to a Guru has largely been seen as anathema to the modern West, mostly due to the strong cultural currents of rational individualism and postmodern egalitarianism -- in this sense, traditional Guru Yoga is a full two epochs behind, and shows little sign of catching up. How can we begin to reconceptualize the Guru in order to survive in the modern and postmodern worlds, helping to craft a new form of "Spirit in 2nd-person" for the 21st Century?

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