--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > "trying doing your sadhana in a brothel" > > > > > > I think I may have found a spiritual path that might suit my > > > nature. > > > > LOL. I wrote parts of my book sitting at the bar of > > Yab Yum, the most famous brothel in Amsterdam. It > > was actually a beautiful room, full of Asian art > > and buddhas and all, but the women didn't hurt, > > either. I liked the basic honesty of the place, and > > the interplay of energies. > > Yeah, there's nothing like the "when am I going to get my > $50.00" honest look of a hooker...
That's why it's an honest place, Shemp. It's on a bit of a different level than that. The women themselves are all beautiful (of course), but most are well-educated, and many have careers as consultants or scientists, and do their gig in the evenings at Yab Yum because they want to retire at 30. It's the kinda place where your neighbors at the bar may be princes or the Rolling Stones. To even get in the door cost a $100-200 cover charge, with the cost of "going upstairs" being more like $300-500 an hour. I never indulged "upstairs." I had done a favor for the owner of the club (teaching his son to meditate and thus end a long drug habit), so I had a "free pass" to go there for free anytime I wanted. But I also had a girlfriend whom I cared about deeply, so in a way it really was as if I were being celibate in a whorehouse. :-) And although you probably won't believe it, it really *was* a very honest place. There was none of the pretense and posturing that one would normally find in a nightclub, where everyone is there lookin' to get laid, but no one is honest enough to admit it. (Interestingly enough, it was also probably a *safer* place than a nightclub, in terms of AIDS and other diseasees. Nothing happened there without a condom, and the prostitutes themselves had to be tested every month to be able to ply their trade.) It was the kinda place where people would come with their wives or girlfriends, just to enjoy a drink and the decor and listen to the music. The Dutch are far more comfortable with their sexuality than Americans are. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
