All you can eat

[Guest guest]

There is this place I go to sometimes.

 

All you can eat.

 

Last year it was 5 dollars.

 

Now it has gone up to 6 dollars and 50 cents.

 

They have everything.

 

Broccoli, tomatoes, hummus, tofu, pizza, international foods, soda,

milk, desserts, etc.

 

I used to go often but after a month would gain 5-10-15 pounds.

 

Now I go sometimes and am more careful.

 

Has anyone studied the psychology of "all you can eat places?"

 

Do such places exist in other countries besides the U.S.?

 

One can sit for hours there and simply keep eating.

 

You only pay once.

 

Then, its all you can eat.

 

It is very close to being enlightened.

 

One always feels full and yet empty.

 

The distinction between inside and outside is lost.

 

Food appears both within and without.

 

One gains in stature and weight.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oh, Dear Harsha...as to all you can eat, you wrote...

It is very close to being enlightened.One always feels full and yet empty.

The distinction between inside and outside is lost.Food appears both

within and without.One gains in stature and weight.

I know that time is an illusion, but permit me to suggest

that as to the physical body, after a certain age has been reached,

one may gain in weight but one does not gain in stature

from eating all one can eat :-) Permit me to also suggest that

you are way past that illusory age, LOL.

So the only way to go is out, not up!!!

As to the psychology of all you can eat places, it may be more

a matter of profitability than anything. Most people do not eat that

much and cannot stay for hours on end. So, except for a few enlightened

Bhuddas who have nothing better to do, the customers come and go, IMHO.

Furthermore, the business overhead is less,

since there is no need to take each customer order

or to cook to order, thank you very much.

You will have to excuse me now, I am going to go meditate :-)

(Thanks to Sandeep who posted this on the Meditation Society of America list)

Love and Pizza,

Joyce

-

Harsha

; NondualitySalon

Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:54 PM

All you can eat

There is this place I go to sometimes.All you can eat.Last year it was

5 dollars.Now it has gone up to 6 dollars and 50 cents.They have

everything.Broccoli, tomatoes, hummus, tofu, pizza, international

foods, soda, milk, desserts, etc.I used to go often but after a month

would gain 5-10-15 pounds.Now I go sometimes and am more careful.Has

anyone studied the psychology of "all you can eat places?"Do such

places exist in other countries besides the U.S.?One can sit for

hours there and simply keep eating.You only pay once.Then, its all

you can eat.It is very close to being enlightened.One always feels

full and yet empty.The distinction between inside and outside is

lost.Food appears both within and without.One gains in stature and

weight./join

"Love itself is

the actual form of God."Sri RamanaIn "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam"

by Suri Nagamma

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