Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Euphoria
n. (from the original Greek) The ability to endure easily. NB Also the power to endure disease easily. "Born sick, commanded to be well." Look up Fulke-Greville.
(Common usage) An emotional state wherein elation and great happiness are momentarily felt.
adj. Euphoric.
So last night, considering all the ramifications of letting go of God and Godding, a great man came to my help:
"When one man suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."
R. M. Pirsig
The initial feeling was one of dizziness, since now the world was held together by physical forces and none else. But then I asked: hasn't it always been like this, and haven't miracles been the only way for the Divine to manifest itself? And musing thus, I fell asleep, to dream of rains of codfish.
P.S. Why moths fly towards flame.
(Common usage) An emotional state wherein elation and great happiness are momentarily felt.
adj. Euphoric.
So last night, considering all the ramifications of letting go of God and Godding, a great man came to my help:
"When one man suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."
R. M. Pirsig
The initial feeling was one of dizziness, since now the world was held together by physical forces and none else. But then I asked: hasn't it always been like this, and haven't miracles been the only way for the Divine to manifest itself? And musing thus, I fell asleep, to dream of rains of codfish.
P.S. Why moths fly towards flame.
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