Self-Realization and Other Awakenings

I was totally at peace, smiling, happy, even when
accidents occurred such as getting lost in downtown
Seoul.
Here is the issue; when your life is easy, and
people all around you idealize you, take care of you
and your needs, and you have no real need to plan or
take care of anything, except to show up when others
take you somewhere, it is really, really easy to be
happy, loving and benevolent.
And, when you are a major guru such as
Muktananda, Osho, Ramana or many others, where you
have a large inner group of "guru-taker-care-ofs" as an
entourage, it is really easy to be continuously happy
and benevolent.
And, surrounded by that culture which even
creates an image for you of who you are, such as
disciples did around Muktananda and Ramana (let
alone Krishnamurti and the Dalai Lama) an image of
affable and transcendent indifference is easy to
maintain, and the myth of the transcendent guru is
born.
Students coming from the outside are presented
with a guru persona created by the guru's handlers and
by their largely staged and handled public
appearances; backed by their professional PR staffs