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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: 9 Dec 2024 21:51:45 GMT
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On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:56:56 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 08/12/2024 21:13, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 12:04:17 +0100, D wrote:
>> 
>>> Did the second attempt give you enlightenment or a new depth to life?
>>> I've never touched any other drugs besides coffee, tea and alcohol,
>>> but I did have a spontaneous explosion of love once when I was 15.
>>> I've had a few mild echoes of that experience, but never anything
>>> close to the strength of it since.
>> 
>> No.  I don't remember much of it other than it wasn't a completely
>> paranoid experience like the first one.
> 
> Many people 'don't remember' . Its cognitive dissonance. The ones that
> do, tell an interestng story.

Some are better story tellers. Those who use psychedelics in search of a 
transformative may be predisposed to finding it.