Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id CAA04918 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 30 Mar 2001 02:59:08 +0100 From: <joedees@bellsouth.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:01:23 -0600 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme Message-ID: <3AC39493.28866.742AE8@localhost> In-reply-to: <20010329123515.A1161@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <3AC20030.13636.3AA39F@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:16:00PM -0600 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 29 Mar 2001, at 12:35, Robin Faichney wrote:
> 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.
>
You might try rereading my last sentence above before you attack
an assertion diametrically opposed to what I was implying.
> --
> Robin Faichney
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