Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:56:56 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <495550f7-796e-4414-67ae-26d3f8ba16f1@example.net> <33442f75-5afe-ce6b-d5b2-19efc78a72d3@example.net> <2c1fb128-258b-7848-e896-3246674d460f@example.net> <2d814efc-b5f8-a1f9-d273-77016cb3cbae@example.net> <9cGcnY0c8c3LA8_6nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> <6465d1f8-6fab-e3bd-0345-86011937364d@example.net> <1bd67a87-bbc0-3268-5475-42b3cda34440@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:56:57 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="892970e1ca3e6eee8faac2aebea448eb"; logging-data="423787"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+56R2GRtHBktCIYM6wd9HVRhTnHxs2N5c=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:U6vxbe5s5isGGbwt32Hcji2SCNY= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2713 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. -- Karl Marx said religion is the opium of the people. But Marxism is the crack cocaine.