Re: The Demise of a Meme

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 28 2001 - 19:50:30 BST

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    On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 10:32:42PM -0600, Lloyd Robertson wrote:
    > At 11:01 AM 27/03/01 +0100, Vincent Campbell wrote:
    > > You believe that through meditation, you will achieve some kind of
    > >altered state (conceptual emptiness you say below) in which one better
    > >perceives/understands life the universe and everything, right?
    > >
    > Zen Buddhist guru, Alan W. Watts once said that enlightment may be obtained
    > thru many years of strict meditative practice; but that, from his
    > experience, it could also be obtained thru the use of psychodelic drugs -
    > and quicker!

    Watts was not a Zen Buddhist guru, but an interpreter of Buddhism and
    Daoism to the West who may have been considered a guru by some Westerners.
    And if you think I'm quibbling there, you might be right.

    By my understanding and experience, enlightenment can be achieved while
    under the influence of psych*a*delics, but the state wears off pretty
    quickly, like the drug, whereas if attained by the more traditional,
    long-term means, it's more likely to stay.

    -- 
    Robin Faichney
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