Posted on 09/29/2019 1:14:49 PM PDT by thecodont
Last November, Jack Dorsey, the brains behind Twitter, declared that he had gone on a 10-day silent retreat in Myanmar to practice Vipassana, considered the oldest form of Buddhist meditation. Sounding more like the Monk of Silicon Valley than the Disruptor of Wall Street, Dorsey explained that giving up “devices, reading, writing, physical exercise, music, intoxicants, meat, talking, or even eye contact with others” was a “detox of all the noise in the world.”
Never mind that he conveniently forgot about Myanmar’s violence toward the Rohingya minority, and not to mention that much of that noise is amplified through the platform he invented. More telling was the inadvertent revelation of the latest status symbol reserved for the one percent: enlightenment. While you were busy downloading Headspace and livestreaming Peloton, the extremely rich have been locked in a holier-than-thou arms race to purge themselves of screens and discover inner peace.
Meet the spiritual snobs.
(Excerpt) Read more at townandcountrymag.com ...
Why does he need to go to Myanmar to unplug?
I’m not too exercised about the Rohingya.
Ug! What a pandering homo.
bkmk
This was in Town & Country??????
‘giving up “devices, reading, writing, physical exercise, music, intoxicants, meat, talking, or even eye contact with others” was a “detox of all the noise in the world.”’
Suicide does the same thing so have at it.
My wife and I did something like that for about 5 days 40 some years ago in Thailand. Probably cost $50 for food and a donation. I did get to speak with the head monk once a day. In Thai, of course.
When I left, I was like a wet noodle. Felt like I was walking a few inches above the ground. It was cool.
I wonder if this guy had a proper bed, or a chair, maybe air conditioning and a shower. Maybe someone spoke English.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”;
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
I find that shocking as well.
There must be a rush to be the number one punk in the world by these maggots.
She looks so peaceful. Must have been a good BM.
That’s whatsisface, the Prime Minister of Canada.
...sounds suspiciously like the Jeffrey Epstein route.
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