that's vic ral/kumare's invented mirror philosophy. >> he holds up aer for you, but not literally. >>d to tell a carbary tale about spiritual leaders we trick ourselves to we leave them so we can be happier, too. this was trying to unveil the trick. when he said he wasn't real, which he said every class and every encounter that he is an illusion, he's not real, no more a guru than people in front of him, people often thought that was a rild because of the accent and the robe and because of what we are programmed to think of a holy man. >> i had goosebumps all over my arms. as soon as i would look at him. >> reporter: did anybody try to sleep with you? >> something complicated about rolling around with a camera crew. you never get in that intimate of a situation. >> reporter: then the day he had to unveil his true identity. >> the only way to complete the mirror teaching would be to unveil my true identity. would they hate me? >> reporter: well, you'll have to watch the movie to find out. but the yoga crowd seemed to love him when he preached the guru inside philosophy at an l.a. studi