Fake gurus

There’s no need for me to tell her story. The media has already covered it and in this video she tells it better all by herself:

She’s what I’d call a “true guru”. Am I implying that there are “fake gurus”? Yes. I find the vast majority totally fake.

Let’s see what the dictionary has to say about the word “guru”:

1. A Hindu or Sikh religious teacher or leader, giving personal spiritual guidance to his disciples.

2. A leader or chief theoretician of a movement, esp a spiritual or religious cult.

3. A leading authority in a particular field.

Those definitions are what an actual guru is. A fake guru however should be defined in different terms:

1. Someone that appoints themselves as a social media expert just because he copies the real stories people share on the Internet.

2. Someone rich and attractive who works as a motivacional speaker for profit. Life has been kind to them, so they easily say inspiring messages to people such as “be yourself”, “fight for your dreams”, “believe in yourself”, etc.

Lizzie is a true guru precisely because she had always had it more difficult than the rest. She has something that she can speak with authenticity about, because she is grounded in her field. Struggle. All of us struggle through life but she has gained great strength and wisdom from it. And now we should be immensely grateful because she’s passing what she has gained to all of us.

Lizzie, the Mr. No Name team loves you. You are a #calcetinati* from head to toe.

*In case you can't read spanish, a Calcetinati is someone true to themselves and the expression is a mix between "calcetín" ("sock" in spanish) and Iluminati. It implies a new world order of people true to themselves. 

This is the translated version of this post.