Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id MAA00867 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:44:05 +0100 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:35:15 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme Message-ID: <20010329123515.A1161@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <3.0.5.32.20010327223242.0081ad70@mailhost.rongenet.sk.ca>; <20010328195030.D11214@reborntechnology.co.uk> <3AC20030.13636.3AA39F@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <3AC20030.13636.3AA39F@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:16:00PM -0600 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:16:00PM -0600, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> On 28 Mar 2001, at 19:50, Robin Faichney wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> It's spelled psych"E"delics.
I remembered the irregularity wrong.
> People cannot meditate all their lives,
> either, any more than they can trip all the time, but the memory of
> either may be accorded enlightening by the experiencers.
Regular meditation has cumulative effects on non-meditative experience.
There's no suggestion in Buddhism that enlightenment is confined
to meditation, and much to suggest it's not. If you have any actual
evidence or argument, I'd like to see it.
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