How hard would you work to become Jesus

I have a question for the Sklansky crowd, and by this, I mean the very rational minded. And it is a real question, sort of a Bayes theorem type question.

IF you personally knew a person who described himself as enlightened--that is, someone who had discovered within himself the nature of reality--a living Buddah...and you found this person to be extremely convincing in every respect...

Now say this person gives you some basic techniques that would allow you to experience what he has experienced.

The catch here is that this person spent year after year working extremely dilligently with these practices in order to come across what he has supposedly come across and there is no gaurantee you will achieve that. The techniques need to be practiced moment after moment for years with a concentration and dedication that is almost unparalleled.

So the question (finally) is basicaly risk vs reward. How hard would you work with such a practice on the off chance that it actually works and allows you to personally experience what a Buddha, Jesus, or Mohammed experienced for yourself? Versus, the more likely chance that you are just wasting a heck of a lot of time?