--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sooooo I'm guessing I'm gunna get even less approval with a story
> of sharing a spliff with a dreadlocked Rastafarian while eating
> Ital food and listening to live reggae...
>
> Thought you would enjoy that list, and I know you have one of your
> own.I'm just racking up the stories for when we're parked next to
> each other in our wheelchairs in the home for wayward yogis Turq.
> My chair will be rigged up with a flask of something that will
> enhance our "meds"!
Jah, mon. I be lookin' forward to 't.
If you pick a home for wayward yogis here in Spain, you
can even grow your own herb for the spliff during
"gardening hour." It's legal here.
I be listenin' right now to Brother Marley's re-release
of "No Woman, No Cry" from beyond the grave. He must miss
a few of these delights as well, because he's changed
the lyrics of the chorus to say, "No Maya, no fun."
:-)
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Buh...buh...buh...but Curtis, you just don't understand!
> >
> > All these things you describe below are RELATIVE phen-
> > omena. They have to do with the fallen aspect of life
> > on Earth. You know, the planet that Maharishi refers
> > to as "this horrible place."
> >
> > How could you possibly find ANYTHING charming or fasc-
> > inating about anything that happens in Maya. The alcohol
> > must have REALLY dulled your brain if you are finding
> > such things satisfying in any way.
> >
> > Everyone who is evolved knows that the only thing that
> > can ever *really* satisfy is sitting with eyes closed
> > lost in the bliss of the Absolute. End of story.
> >
> > Eating? That's just something we have to do from time
> > to time so that we can continue to meditate. It's a
> > horrible distraction from the bliss of the Absolute,
> > but it's one of those drawbacks of having a body.
> > Someday (soon, we hope) we won't have them any more,
> > and then we can stay in the bliss ALL the time and
> > NEVER have to stop meditating.
> >
> > Same with talking to all those horrible people. Some
> > of the ones you mentioned don't even MEDITATE, for
> > Krishnassake! How can you lower yourself to be in the
> > same *room* with them, much less speak to them and
> > share horrible, dulling alcohol with them.
> >
> > Friends? What are those. Isn't that another word for
> > "something that distracts you from the Absolute?"
> >
> > As for sharing a drink with your father, I guess that's
> > OK if he meditates and if you have to spend some time
> > out of meditation hitting him up for money so that you
> > can spend more time in meditation, the way we really
> > evolved souls do.
> >
> > Get with the program, Curtis. This alcohol stuff has
> > so dulled your mind that you have started to believe
> > that life is something to be enjoyed and not something
> > to run away from. That's Off The Program.
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Maybe the spounge analagy was misplaced, but acting as an
> > > > anesthetic it creates dullness.
> > >
> > > I understand the "alcohol bad" position and lived it for years. If
> > > that is how you enjoy to live, good for you. Dullness is the last
> > > attribute I would give alcohol's effect if you don't drink too much,
> > > and drink with the right people. Removing the drink from the
set and
> > > setting that it can enhance, misses the point IMO. It can be a part
> > > of social customs and cuisines that I enjoy.
> > >
> > > A chilled martini at a jazz club with an acoustic jazz trio in the
> > > background.
> > >
> > > Some top shelf bourbon bought for you by a young couple after your
> > > last set, who had never listened to acoustic blues before, and have
> > > many questions about what blues artists they should download.
> > >
> > > A bottle of local Virginia wine over dinner with a friend who just
> > > came back from visiting Africa and has many stories to share.
> > >
> > > A chilled Czech Pilsner Urquell beer at boating picnic while eating
> > > Chesapeake Bay crabs.
> > >
> > > Greek brandy with your Greek friends as they tell you about how they
> > > survived during WWII in Greece on an olive farm, while eating sheep
> > > feta cheese and dipping crusty bread into oil from this year's olive
> > > harvest.
> > >
> > > Toasts with Hennessey cognac with the bridal party at your
Vietnamese
> > > friend's wedding after all the other guests have left.
> > >
> > > A friend's homemade wine at their farm after riding their horses.
> > >
> > > Joining a Thai friend as he closes up his restaurant and eating home
> > > style fiery hot Thai food with the staff with Thai Singha beer.
> > >
> > > Drinking chilled vodka shots with your Russian girlfriend over the
> > > traditional meal she cooked for you.
> > >
> > > Sharing the Brazilian national drink, the Chaiparinya. (limes,sugar
> > > and Cachasa) with a raven haired Brazilian girl while watching World
> > > Cup soccer.
> > >
> > > A smoky Lagavulin scotch with my father over stories of his
> > > experiences in the South Pacific theater of WWII and the
occupation of
> > > Japan.
> > >
> > > Making handmade pasta, covering them with fresh steamed clams,
with a
> > > glass of Sauvignon Blanc and your best friends.
> > >
> > > A glass of sweet port with a plate of Stilton with your girlfriend
> > > while the snow falls outside.
> > >
> > > Some of these experiences would be plenty cool without the shared
> > > beverage. But sometime it is the ritual of sharing the drink that
> > > connects people. Alcohol is just sugar molecules with an attitude.
> > > It is a type of food, and each culture has it's special version.
You
> > > may associate it with dullness if you prefer. I prefer to associate
> > > it with the way peoples eyes crinkle up at the edges during
> > conversation.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Ethanol is a two-carbon alcohol and can be considered an active
> brain-
> > > > drug and an all-purpose cellular toxin. Even moderate alcohol
abuse
> > > > distorts the personality, emotions, and intellect of the `social
> > > > drinker', which is a direct consequence of brain dysfunction
caused
> > > > by ethanol and other chemical pathogens in alcoholic beverages.
> Even
> > > > low doses of alcohol interfere with memory and make it difficult
> for
> > > > the hippocampus to process new information. As a brain drug,
> ethanol
> > > > acts to depress the brain function from the top down, very
much in
> > > > the style of an anesthetic. Acetaldehyde is particularly toxic.
> > > > {nutramed.com, Apr. 2003}
> > > >
> > > > http://www.jrussellshealth.org/alcbfm.html
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
