Well, first off, the whole "Jesus" thing is somewhat misleading in that the guy I know never claimed to actually be the son of god or supernatural. He merely claimed that through a certain simple discipline which requires a great deal of time and effort he was able to basicaly become more aware, awake and conscious. However, in my meager attempts thus far I have glimpsed very little of what he seems to have. So the question i'm constantly confronted with is how hard do i work to achieve something that may be either out of my reach or just simply an impossibility?
Sort of like if you knew that by practicing really hard and playing tons of poker you might become the next Sklansky, on the other hand you might become dead broke and waste half your life. And also there is a possibility that Sklansky himself is a fraud (metaphorically speaking.)