Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 06:25:52 +1200 (NZST)
From: Brian Sandle <bsandle@southern.co.nz>
To: twc-l@halmarax.demon.co.uk
Subject: re: The Only Revolution
In-Reply-To: <19960801.075910.95@halmarax.demon.co.uk>
On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Chris Whitehouse wrote:
> Brian Sandle wrote:
>
> >> From "The Only Revolution" J.Krishnamurti. (1970).
> > [anti-drug propaganda extracted from the above]
>
> Ah, the gentle saintly JK...
>
> Do u think it was being brought up to be a Messiah that led him to be
> most dogmatic about that which he knew least? :)
>
He turned away from the messiah role, that must have taken lots of vision.
Do we know of any who have turned away from the drug pushers? I'm not
sure which would take more vision. You are suggesting some ought to be
druggies as first best or second best or third best?
> "And who are those chained to the car? - The wise
> The great, the unforgotten..."
> - Percy S (from "The Triumph of Love")
>
> "God in a pill?
> But Lord, they told me you were everywhere..."
> - Tuli Kupferberg
>
> ps Does anyone know of a mailing-list set up for the purpose of supporting
> those who *don't* want to take psychedelics when they're dying? Not that
> I'd be so discourteous as to subscribe myself of course... :>
But is there in this world privacy from the exploits of the pushers? You
suggest a group not exposed to doubt about drugs. Are you courteous
offer children a chance to know lifelong freedom from influence of
substances which change their rhythms of life?
Brian Sandle