Re: virus: God and Level-3
Tony Hindle (t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 04:30:18 +0100
In message <3.0.32.19970330151643.00ad8a30@lucifer.com>, David
McFadzean <david@lucifer.com> writes
>At 04:13 AM 30/03/97 +0100, Tony Hindle wrote:
>
>> David McFadzean wrote
>>>But... maybe we all go through life with varying amounts of self-deceit
>>>and the trick is really to minimize the level even though it may be
>>>impossible to reduce it to zero.
>
>> I think Dave that you do not accept that there will ever be
>>an occaision where adjusting your context, even if it doesnt fit
>>reality will ever make you feel better.
>
>No, I do accept that. It is just that I don't think feeling better
>is the goal. The goal is to figure out the best future to create
>and the most effective way of creating that future.
Why do you want this goal? if not becuase you believe you
will be happier. I want this goal because I believe achieving it
will make me happier. (motives dont really matter here?)
> If anything,
>"feeling better" is a natural side effect of pursuing the real goal.
I am beginning to believe this more and more. I want to
convince myself of it in order to facilitate many other things in
my life. I think we are close to an agreement.
IF YOU RECEIVE THIS POSTING THEN IVE SENT IT BY ACCIDENT COS ITS
ONLY JUST STARTED.
>
>> This makes me want to ask you this hypothetical question.
>>If it were True that adjusting your context, even if it didnt match
>>reality, caused you to have a better experience of life, caused you
>>to feel better..... would you?
>
>Not unless it made me more effective at pursuing my primary goals.
>
>--
>David McFadzean david@lucifer.com
>Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/
>Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/
Tony Hindle.
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