Guest guest Posted October 4, 1999 Report Share Posted October 4, 1999 Dear Zenbob, Thank you for the blessed gift that is laughter! You have brightened my eyes and my day. Siobhan --- ZEN2WRK wrote: > ZEN2WRK > > In a message dated 10/1/99 4:53:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > Aruftu > writes: > > << The relationship between this wisdom (the panoply of Indian > Spiritual > Masters > & traditions) and how little effect it has had on the Indian people, > gives > one pause. > > Div. > >> > Perhaps it expresses the nature of humanity. We shun coercion and > rarely > admire that which is familiar. Having Gurus preaching endlessly for > 10,000 > years and having them grow up as your next door neighbor, etc., might > account > for the lack of progress. > > I vote that it is the curry, however. This spicy mixture has been > linked to > several abnormal thinking patterns and to a form of vegetative > disorder in > laboratory mice. Some suggest that the hotter Madras curries in > fact, alter > brain chemistry, causing extreme dilation of the vessels going to the > brain, > and "literally" causing the person or creature to sweat their brains > out of > their head. After such an experience, we cannot expect them to > achieve > enlightenment...or even common average behavior that we might > consider > "normal." For this reason, too, it has been suggested that the > practice of > wearing a tightly wrapped turban was developed by the Gurus (now > common > throughout Brahmin and Hindu Culture) in order to retain pressure on > the > skull, and to slow the loss of brain fluids during intense curry > induced > brain sweat. > > I have experienced this in a mild form after having some Thai hot red > curry > soup, and accidentally swallowing an entire spoonful at one gulp. My > brain > ceased to work for many minutes, I spoke a few, half comprehensible > words in > the Mountain Thai Dialect of Bhat, "Nng, ghukarragganammurromb" > which caused several of the waiters to rush to my table and begin > kicking me > and stomping on the floor...since this apparently means "Help, > please, I am > being devoured by fire ants!" > > Wiping my forehead and rubbing my shins, I discovered that I had > sweated away > at least a half pound of brain mass. > > I believe this accounts for a great deal and I hope that my friends > here will > understand why my comments often go astray. > > Blessings > Sat Nam! > Mahat Curry! > > Zenbob > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor > ---------------------------- > > Get EXPERT CONTENT at ONElist! > Join PROS&PUNDITS. For details go to: > <a href=" http://clickme./ad/prospun1 ">Click Here</a> > > ------ > "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > > Check out our website: > http://www.gtmark.com/ky/index.htm > > Sponsored by Yoga Technology Press > Popular publishers of books on Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. > > > To from this list, go to > ONElist Member Center, or send mail to > Kundaliniyoga- > No requests to the list please! > ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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