Temple Celebration Sunset Silence

[Simon of the Playa]

the only problem with that is the flavor.


Have you ever eaten Meat marinated with patchouli?

it sucks.

[ygmir]

though I've marinated meat in patchouli,
I've never been limber enough to taste it, and, not having engaged in BiMMF, I've missed that.......

[ygmir]

perhaps, a yoga class from the famous German/Italian yoga master.......

*spelling edit*

[Ugly Dougly]

the only problem with that is the flavor.


Have you ever eaten Meat marinated with patchouli?

it sucks.

No, we are expecting you to do dumb things so we can learn from them.

[oneeyeddick]

They burn the Temple too ???

[theCryptofishist]

next year..."Burn the Hippies!"

For some of us that's the theme each and every year.

[Gizmostarr]

This is a great idea. The silence would be deafening.

In my opinion........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

and.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

[Simon of the Playa]

Um, if you had read the survival guide you would have seen in the fine print that the opinions of Canadians dont mean shit.

just bring some tim hortons, and keep quiet like the rest of your ilk.

[Gizmostarr]

I love you Simon.... but since when does "....................................................................." represent an opinion, eh?

In my opinion, it doesn't, eh?

[Simon of the Playa]

you see? you SEE!

this is why the fast ferry between toronto and rochester went belly-up.


because canadians are too nice, and polite.

they did'nt have the heart to tell us it was a stupid fucking idea.
we spent 40 million of the taxpayers dollars on a boat to nowhere.


why would anyone ever want to visit Rochester?

our cuisine?




being from across the pond, you know damn well why i'm bitter.

[Gizmostarr]

because canadians are too nice, and polite.


We try to please...... pleaz understand. But you..... you slap us awake and snap us out of our deep sleep. Thanks for that (still polite, eh?) Shall we be meeting on the playa? I hope so.

Never been to Rochester (and now....now the ferry is gone, so......) Heard the food is okay, though.

[Simon of the Playa]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH



oh god, you people wont even cross the street on a sunday morning when there are ABSOLUTELY no cars on the road until the little Walking Man lights up and tells you it's Ok.


i want whatever the nation of canada is on.

[Gizmostarr]

We're usually on our sofa watchin hockey and drinkin Molson's Canadian.
(or CC with diet coke)

[Finnegan]

Well I think this is a glorious idea, and destined for complete, silent success. Simply combine the temple burn with an explosion large enough to deafen all concerned. Easy.

[Simon of the Playa]

YES!


solomon would be proud. And deaf.

[ygmir]

so would Ted Koszinski....(sp?)

[Elliot]

Was it the Temple Burn in 2006 that had a gazillion big firecrackers in it? That was VERY cool.

[Ugly Dougly]

They burn the Temple too ???

Of course! It's a house of worship, what else you want to do with it?

[ygmir]

They burn the Temple too ???

Of course! It's a house of worship, what else you want to do with it?

I'm hoping you'll bypass, then, "the black sabkha"........"booby bar".....on and on......certainly, I worship there, and, the shepherds ensconced within............

Really, much of BRC.........IMHO........

[Elliot]

They burn the Temple too ???

Of course! It's a house of worship, what else you want to do with it?

Exchange money?

[yogi]

I love being able to do whatever I want. That's one of the virtues of democratic societies. One of the most basic problems with a society without any direction or leadership, is that the loudest, most obnoxious, richest, coercive people rule the show. There is no room for more feminine virtues, let alone listening to the wisdom silence imparts. This is a major problem for democracy.

It means that we run roughshod over all those who don't wish to yell at the top of their lungs, and drown out the other people who don't operate that way. There is diversity, but the megaphones are only seized by the manly. Even our women in politics have to be manly (e.g. Hilary Clinton).

This not a call for metrosexual culture; but it is a call for listening. What the poet F. Holderlin asked "what do you do when the gods have fled?" was answered by the action of listening. It is the obverse to solipsistic masturbatory speech and action.

Perhaps part of our 'evolution' brings us is a slowing down of freneticism to go forward in collective action. Perhaps part of the evolution of humans is our capacity to bring our purposes together, focused for moments at a time on a single purpose, consciously using our collective mind that already exists, but currently tugs the universe according to its chaos.

So, I invite all to cultivate appreciation. Appreciation for noise and silence, and the in between. Yet, without the din we cannot know the quiet, and without the silent, our noise has no meaning.

[Oldguy]

Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Order: Primates

Superfamily: Hominoidea

Family: Hominidae

Subfamily: Homininae

Tribe: Hominini

Subtribe: Hominina

Genus: Homo

Species: H. sapiens

Subspecies: H. s. sapiens


Trinomial name
Homo sapiens sapiens
.........................
New Millinia Trinomial name ( suggested new subspecies )
Homo rapeian sapiens

[Simon of the Playa]

i'm sorry yogi, but me, my big bull-horn, my big mouth, and my big dick dont give a rats ass about your plan for the temple burn.

it aint gonna happen.


not on my watch.


go to esalan if you want that shit.

[betrdanevr]

I think we just witnessed a megaphone seizure.

[Ugly Dougly]

It can be frightening what 10,000 angry yogis can accomplish.

[ygmir]

don't forget.....

[Ugly Dougly]

i'm sorry yogi, but me, my big bull-horn, my big mouth, and my big dick dont give a rats ass about your plan for the temple burn.

it aint gonna happen.


not on my watch.


go to esalan if you want that shit.

Something we seem to have forgotten about DON'T FUCK WITH OTHER PEOPLES TRIP.

[Simon of the Playa]

WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP I'M TRYING TO HAVE A DEEP, MEANINGFUL, SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE HERE!!

[betrdanevr]

Then try using your small voice!

[yogi]

It has to do with the loudness of your voice, (possibly the aggressiveness and relentlessness of your bashing) and the number of times you post!


Hint: To see who is, perhaps, too involved (i.e. inordinate number of waking hours devoted to ejaculating opinions on others), look at the NUMBER of posts each respondent has made.