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On 15 Mar 2001, at 14:41, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 03/15/01 14:37, joedees@bellsouth.net said this-
>
> >The myths of the noble savage and the ancient sage and the
> >shamanic/indigenous perfect
> >knowledge/understanding/comprehension and the primal eden are
> >all themselves maya; pernicious memetic ill- and/or delusions
> >passed again and again from the credulous to the gullible.
>
> But of course.
>
> Then again, where is the mind at the moment of 'eureka!'
>
> And is that not a place to be, if not always, sometimes?
>
> Why not more often?
>
> Play the music, don't remember the tune.
>
When I discover something new, and after much effort, finally gain
a penetrating understanding of the world and my relation to it,
THAT'S my eureka; to induce it, without such a reason for its
being, by mental mediturbation, cheapened the experience for me.
That's why I quit doing it. I don't have time in a finite life to waste
contemplating nothing, or my navel, or my heartbeat or breath.
There are more crucial things to contemplate during the passage of
such irreplaceable chunks of my life. When I get the eureka
experience, it's for a good, genuine and authentic reason.
>
> - Wade
>
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