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   Richmond to oldernow   
   Re: The self torture also known as want   
   24 Feb 25 21:53:02   
   
   From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   oldernow  writes:   
      
   > The absence of a self/ego to sinusoid (as a verb) between   
   > enjoying and suffering is said to be a bliss that the word   
   > 'bliss' doesn't come close to doing justice to.   
      
   Said to be, but is it? You don't know because your ego is not absent.   
      
   > If that's literally what he said without elaboration, then   
   > he was possibly a charlatan enamored of hearing/reading   
   > himself speak/write, because an unqualified verdict of   
   > "important" is useless.   
      
   Big 'If'.   
      
   "Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by   
   means of language." - Wittgenstein.   
      
   Anyway, if I talk myself out of wanting or needing water I will last   
   about three days.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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