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kar120c
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Date:
Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:23:00 -0400
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Re: (idm) goa trance
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quoted 20 lines "Steve" == <kung.funk@virgin.net> writes:>>>>>> "Steve" == <kung.funk@virgin.net> writes: > > Steve> what i cant handle is all the fake mysticism bullshit that > Steve> seems to along with it.... its not music its > Steve> wallpaper... if you want to trance then listen to Terry > Steve> Riley or Steve Reich... not crustys with 303's who have > Steve> taken too many pills. > >This is a classical case of not being able to see this wood for the >trees. The 'mystical bullshit' behind Goa Trance is a modern >manifestation of one of the oldest and grandest philosophical >traditions in the world. Granted the average Goahead at return to the >source knows very little about Buddhism, but by you labeling it as >mystical bullshit you are, in my view, worse than them. > >A bandwagon makes a beliefe system no less valid. > >-hjw >The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new >landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust
i would have to argue that the "grandest philosophical tradition" of which you speak is capitalism _not_ buddhism painted cakes do not satisfy... j