A song about spiritual manipulation - how false gurus use the promise of freedom to create control, and the recognition that authentic freedom is inherent, not granted by any authority.

Persecutor, rescuer, victim's role
Everyone gets damaged, body and soul
The spiritual facade, a cunning disguise
Playing games that swallow you whole

I'm your Guru, can't you see
Submit yourself entirely to me
Be my slave, that's the key
If you want to be free

End up broken, dead or worse
Playing with darkness is a curse
Vulnerable before the guru's thirst
No place to hide
Spiritual abuse ain't no joyride

I'm your Guru, worship me
Be my slave devotedly
Give your will up totally
If you want autonomy

The guru says love's conditional
Their caring purely transactional
We all know they're pathologically narcissistic-al
Their promises purely fictional

I'm your Guru, obey my way
Do exactly what I say
There's no other path, no other way
If you want freedom, you must stay

Take the ultimate risk, they command
Give everything into my hand
Forever loyal to where I stand
Then maybe you'll understand

I'm your Guru, cutting edge supreme
Living the evolutionary dream
And you're just little people, so it seems
Hardly worthy of my schemes

Guru-ji, Guru-ji, endlessly
Guru-ji, please rescue me
I'll be your slave if you'll agree
To somehow set me free

Guru-ji, Guru-ji, endlessly
Guru-ji, please rescue me
I'll be your slave if you'll agree
To somehow set me free

A tragic unmet need's decree
Perfect prey for Guru-ji
Life force energy to drain away
Another devotee to betray

A system promising freedom through submission?
That's absurd!
Selling you what you already own
Asking you to seek what you already are

In the end as in the start
Nothing to add, nothing to fix
This awareness, perceiving right now
Already complete, already free
Has always been, always will be

Remember people, here's what's true
A real Guru won't command you
Won't manipulate or make demands on you
Won't ever tell you what to do
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Original Lyrics: Marc Pell

Gurupath (Autonomy Mix)

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