Three years ago. New Year’s Eve. I pull my lucky charm from the “banica” (a traditional Bulgarian pastry) and it says: “Lots of Material goodies (they also matter)”.
You know what? They do too. We live in the Western hemisphere and all those wonderful teachings of the Buddhist monks sound inspirational and we try to apply them to our ugly, grey, and wretched materialistic lifestyle but sometimes they just don’t work.
What can I say, I know I’ve been preaching over and over about how essential it is to be spiritual however, sometimes the little deamon inside just wants its fare share. And there goes all that Krishnamurti teaches how all that is non-pertaining to the soul should be avoidd and condemned as wicked.
So, after a thorough philosophical discussion this morning, ignited by our mutual reading of the Great Master’s work, we went straight to the busiest Las Vegas shopping mall and proved him wrong.
Leaving Alex’s favorite store with full bags and “guilt-free joy”, we paused for a moment in the stillness of time, just to realize how happiness can be negotiated somewhere between a sin and a shopping bag.
We live in Sin City after all, and as Oscar Wilde says, “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”Viva Las Vegas!
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