Maybe this is not evident in this audio but overall I would say he doesn't reiterate the same thing that everyone is telling. What he does speak is often entirely different and opposite than others. I would agree with his fact there is an entire self Improvement industry that is often fake and probably doing more harm than doing good.
I agree with him when he tells that in books like "The 7 habits of being an effective leader" and other thousands of similar books all these things are nonsense. When he tells that prescriptions don't work what he is telling that prescriptions arise from our reactions. Often we try to fix the intermediary rather than trying to understand the source. When we try to fix an intermediary without knowing the cause then we often revert back to the same state as before.
Also, he isn't a monk so he doesn't speak in the traditional monk style. He does live in the world and to live in the world we do need money.
So Yes I myself realized these things in my life that's why I found his writings mindblowing. What I don't understand sometimes that he at the same time opposes the traditional mediation methods but talk at the same time about doing the meditation. It seemed paradoxical. But I found same confusion when I was reading the Jiddu Krishnamurti books so I don't entirely assume that he is wrong.
Obviously he is differentiating himself from the rest of the self help industry which he also belongs to. Of course, he would criticize all others in his market space and say he is the only real deal. This is marketing 101. He is not selling kitchen cabinets.
Yes, we need money to live in this world. It is convention. But ripping off people by selling 5 min long top secret audio on his website for $500 is ridiculous.
Maybe I should read heart sutra and record a one minute audio and sell it as top secret of TRUTH for $500. Any takers? Sorry, I do not have a total marketing package to go with it.
Raushan, if you did not understand JK and have similarly confused what this gentleman is saying, it does mean he is right. Check your logic on how arrives at that conclusion.
Hope you don’t take this blunt talk personally.
Warm regards,
Middleway
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