A guru's “rap” may not be brilliant, but there can still be a subtle higher consciousness with the person which will radiate out to the audience and raise their individual consciousnesses. You would think that this would not be possible, that the rap would have to be pitched on a high level if the speaker was high level, but this is not always the case. In the case of the highest gurus, the words they use imply that you have to be in the state of consciousness they're in to understand. They answer all questions in a similar way. They don't use those exact words, but they imply that meaning. Maybe it's their form of koan. If you try to practice what they tell you, it won't work, you have to actually see what they're pointing at in order to get it. Most Zen masters' talks are almost childlike in their lack of sophistication, but there is a deep awareness behind them. Other teachers are intellectually brilliant in what they say, but they have no higher consciousness behind it, just intellectual concepts.
