--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > India vs. LSD > > I latched on to that comparison immediately......Both are full > of vibrant colors, in both trips everything seems intensely > significant, and then there's the bugs crawling on > ya.......sorry....a little off topic, but unfortunate nonetheless.
A mosquito net protects you from such surprises during sleep. > Seriously while I don't know that the author of the Gita > intended for it to pave the way for the caste system, so many great > ideas, so much inspiration and beauty have come from the subcontinent > that I'd thoroughly dig a visit there. Any culture that could produce > Buddha is cool by me.....Has anyone else made the connection of > Buddha being to Hinduism what Jesus was to Judaism? I think I have read that somewhere, or maybe a comparision between Buddhism and Protestantism, I am not sure, but Buddhism has been seen as a reformatory movement to Hinduism by many. Buddhism has a much greater appeal to westerners,as it is more rational, and obviously less discriminatory. Hinduism OTOH is irrational, colorful, manifold and difficult to comprehend. > Or am I just non > retardedly challenged? Not entirely the same.....but they were both > well versed in their culture's religious traditions but both kinda > said......"this might be simpler than all this superfluous ceremonial > stuff yer doin." And in both cases their followers created their own > superfluous ceremonial mummery and far out religious groups and > organizations that are often hard to connect with the life and actual > teachings of these two people. Don't get me wrong.....I LOVE what > Japan has done with Buddhism......Like the Nichiren Sect that teaches > it's adherents to chant "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo" because these syllables > are so sacred that merely uttering them brings you into alignment > with the deeper underlying energy of the universe.... > > .....I KNOW! I'm like, what a coincidence! WHere have I heard that > kinda thing?........ > > By the way, I would never advocate the use of ANY drugs.....I've > NEVER done any of them so I'm SURE they have NOTHING to > offer..... :) "I've 'heard' that LSD makes everything colorful and > significant.........and makes you think you've got bugs crawling on > ya.........Just remember......If drugs were Flinstone Vitamins, LSD > would be the 'Great Gazoo'.....NEVER mix yer Gazoos with yer > Dinos..............just....jus' DON'T....... > Now, if religions were Flinstone Vitamins........yeah, this is > stoopit.....good night y'all. I haven't done LSD either or hallucinogenic drugs. I had marihuana first in India 93 - was sorta nice but gave me a headache later. And probably one inhale which I coughed out immediately at the Kumbh in Allahabad, which I had, just to be nice to a Naga Baba - but that had a great effect.
