I didn't know people would take JP as the real deal, that's kind of scary. I've seen some crazy shit manifest as seemgly real at silent vipassana retreats. My first teacher Sunim a Zen monk from Korea always coached me to sit still and watch...I still do that.

Some Tibetan teachers are fake, others are so real they seem like crazy people. Tibetan Buddhism is a wild ride and I'm glad I had Mahayana and Thervada teachings before I started Dzogchen...