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From:
H James Harkins
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idm
Date:
Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:53:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) goa trance
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On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Hary Walsh wrote:
quoted 4 lines This is a classical case of not being able to see this wood for the> 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...
OK, on the one side, Talvin Singh. On the other, H.H. Dalai Lama. ????!!!!!????? Sorry, your point could lead in a very very silly direction if you're not careful. IMHO there's practically nothing in common between getting stoned at a goa club and even a half-assed Buddhist practice--hence I don't see how goa is a "modern manifestation" of it-- J ________ \ / | "Who's Martha Stewart?" H. James Harkins | "She writes picture books about gracious living." jharkins@acpub.duke.edu | \/ | - from _Jeffrey_ "If we keep our attention focused on the present, we can be sure of one thing, namely that whatever we are attending to in this moment will change..." -- Jon Kabat-Zinn