the joy of drinking... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was going to write tonight from Nirvana, but I've > decided against it. I was there earlier and lemme > tell you...no matter what you've heard in all of > those spiritual books, Nirvana is *way* overrated. > > I had been looking forward to kicking back in the > environment the ads proclaimed as "Sitges' Best > Chillout Bar," surrounded by Buddhas and drinks > with little floating lotuses in them, but Noooooo. > It turned out to be a tightass bar, full of young > upscale Spanish youth longing to "chillout," as > the ads had invited them to do, but somehow > lacking the knack. > > So I moved back to the Bar Pay-Pay. The Waitress > With The Legs Designed In Brahmaloka is not here > tonight, so I might just be able to write a little > something about Nirvana, even if I'm not there. > > Nope. Not a damned thing. > > Wouldn't it be a kick if Nirvana the spiritual > goal turned out to be a lot like Nirvana the bar? > You struggle and struggle for lifetimes, performing > weirdass sadhanas like bouncing on your butt on > slabs of foam, and after eons of Class-A tapas like > that you finally "reach" Nirvana...and it's like > the bar of the same name in Sitges? Full of stuck-up > people who came there looking to chill but who never > quite mastered it? Bummer. >
