Jed Talks #1: Essays, Teachings, Rants & Frivolous Frivolity
2nd Edition: Replaces Jed Talks #1.
Book One of the Jed Talks trilogy.
Includes Starship Gita: The Song of the Borg, a play in 6 acts.
Contents
“Jed McKenna is an American original.” -Lama Surya Das
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“These books have profoundly changed my life.” -C. Jensen
“These three books are precious gifts to humanity.” -E. De Vries
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"I say an eternal thank you for the Trilogy. The books continue to challenge my mind and life. I ordered my 4th complete set. Nothing compares to this writing." -J.H.
Genre: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / MysticismNote to Translators: JT1 includes a 6 act play based on Star Trek: The Next Generations and 4 chapters featuring a woman whose English is intentionally and charmingly imperfect.
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Satsang with Jed
It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing. -Carl Jung
If I wanted to be a popular spiritual teacher, I would have to totally overhaul both my message and packaging in order to give the people what they want. To be successful and popular, I would have to craft a message that people could buy into without the muss of thinking or fuss of progress.
“The fact that you believe you possess free will proves that you do!” I would exclaim.
“We find what we seek when we stop looking!” I would exclaim.
“You’re already enlightened,” I would exclaim, “just stop pretending you’re not!” (I think people really get a kick out of that one.)
“The only thing between you and [insert favorite spiritual buzzword here] is your unsettled mind,” I would say. “By defeating your vasanas and eliminating your samskaras, you are elevated into moksha!” (I don’t know what any of that means, which should tell you more than it would if I did.)
The spiritual message itself probably doesn’t matter as much as the packaging and delivery. To be successful in this business, it’s more important to seem awake than to be awake. For this reason, appearance is very important. The enlightened spiritual master can’t have a lazy eye or a dead tooth or oozing facial eruptions, can’t be too remiss in matters of hygiene, can’t stutter or slur, (although long, empty pauses seem to be well-received). Basically, you want to look and act the part; sagely, soft-spoken, pleasant sense of humor, mirthful twinkle, not too much hint of scandal, certainly nothing too sordid or vile.
