I was thinking of retiring to a beach on the South East coast of India....alternatively, when I am about 70 years old, I was thinking of becoming an opium addict in the mountains of Thailand. What do you think?
OffWorld --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In general, southern India is a much nicer and cleaner > place than northern India. > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand > > Paul Mason" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You would NOT want to visit Uttar Kashi these > > days. The town is > > > sprawling, polluted, and all that ... Plus it has > > a curfew, and > > > the 'vibes' are really low. Not the pretty place I > > visited in 1976 > > > and definitely not the saintly area that TMer's > > are encouraged to > > > imagine about. > > > > Gosh, I can't seem to recall ever having been > > encouraged > > to "imagine about" Uttar Kashi, saintly or > > otherwise. > > > > > > Actually, nowhere in the area is unspoilt, > > including > > > Rishikesh, remember India is desparately > > under-resourced, and has > > no > > > showcase places for relatively wealthy westerners > > to live out their > > > fantasies of spiritual India at least certainly > > not in Rishikesh, > > > Uttar Kashi or near to Jyotir Math. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick > > Archer > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > on 1/4/06 10:58 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Could you tell us more about the Purusha > > center in the > > > Himalayas. > > > > > > > > > > I haven¹t gotten to it yet, but I think > > there¹s a chapter about > > > > > it in Steve Briggs¹ book. He showed slides of > > it at his recent > > > > > presentation. The place is like Shangri La. > > Gorgeous. Nice > > > > > facility high above Uttar Kashi with an > > incredible view of the > > > > > valley from every room. Solar heated hot > > water, nice > > > > > well-built rooms, etc. > > > > > > > > Sounds neat. But for those of us who wouldn't > > know a > > > > Purusha if one snuck up and bit us on the ass > > (we left > > > > the movement before these buzzwords arrived), > > who gets > > > > to live there, what do they do for a living, and > > who > > > > pays for it all? Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > --------------------~--> > > Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and > > poor with hope and healing > > > http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- -~-> > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > dsl.yahoo.com > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/ <*> 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/
