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   Message 169,074 of 170,335   
   D to oldernow   
   Re: What a shame you can't be playful   
   12 Apr 24 09:47:06   
   
   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Fri, 12 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > On 2024-04-11, D  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I once thought about writing a book with the theme of   
   >> christianity, and then deconstructing it, into a manual   
   >> for experiencing god himself without getting caught up on   
   >> miracles, theology and stuff.   
   >   
   > It's already been written. Except it doesn't take a book's   
   > worth of verbiage. This one sentence says it all:   
   >   
   > "Be still and know I AM, God."   
   >   
   > The "be(ing) still" is what you previous called "the   
   > technology".   
   >   
   > (NOTE: The case emphasis and comma placement aren't standard,   
   > and aren't mine either. They attempt to emphasize the equality   
   > of "I AM" and "God".)   
   >   
   >> Do you know of a cheap way to ship stuff from the US to   
   >> europe? I thought about buying some old fashioned book   
   >> series but the weight would be 15-25 kg so I'll probably   
   >> end up paying more for the shipping than for the books.   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > (NOTE: not the four-letter acronym one...)   
   >   
   > What's "Europe"?   
   >   
   > ;-)   
      
   )   
      
   > No idea.   
      
   Hm, a very difficult problem!   
      
   >>> I can't remember the contents, but held onto it longer than   
   >>> others - which, of course, means nothing if I was clueless   
   >>> back then (and there's an above-average chance I was...).   
   >>   
   >> Just write your own! ;) Reading Nietzsche it does feel like   
   >> (well at least the Joyful science) a bunch of napkin notes   
   >> thrown together into a book.   
   >   
   > I've no doubt written the equivalent of many books over   
   > the years. But I tend to not look back at such. Such   
   > somehow seems important to write down, but... not to   
   > revisit? Or... no, that could be important, but *now*   
   > continues to have a way of being more important.   
   >   
   > That's what I'm thinking during the seemingly vital   
   > activity of writing this, at any rate....   
      
   But why deprive future generations of your literary output?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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