what is enlightenment?

Unless the video has already crashed your browser, just ignore those guys talking in the background for a minute. We need a little intro here first. OK, so Google gmail is <koff> monetized by advertising, right? -- little text ads appear in the right margin when messages arrive. For instance, here's a screen clip from mail I just now received...

The picture of Eckhart Tolle was in the original mail, and is not part of the advertisement. However, you can see that the ads pretty much all relate to Eckhart Tolle -- except for the item down near the bottom that offers "More about... Clown Makeup." What's that doing there?

The only thing I can figure is that this mail -- which is a copy of something I sent to a couple friends -- also contained my brief observation...

Here, Eckhart Tolle -- bestselling author of The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment -- demonstrates what can be done with a little theatrical putty and a strap-on pig nose.

OK, alright, I know. It was just so unenlightened of me to write something like that. But let me ask you a serious question...

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Well hey, here's a page where you can go find out! And here's a little video clip of the Reverend Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center, speaking with WIE editor in chief Andrew Cohen about the divine principle of tireless smarminess.

click below to feel the "profundinty"

Got that? All right then, let's pitch in and give God a hand. On your mark, get set...

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