--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On May 5, 2007, at 5:22 PM, TurquoiseB 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. > > That's what many have found. In visionary experiences of nirvana, if > one crosses the abyss, the first loka one enters is the city of the > pyramids, so-called because it looks like a city occupied by endless > pyramids. However on close inspection they aren't pyramids at all but > yogins who decided on eternal bliss with their purified nervous > systems. And their net result on the phenomenal world is nada. > Eternal bliss cadets, locked in lotus in their pyramidal cocoons, > addicted to soma. > I just *knew* that "Matrix" idea came from somewhere...
