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*sigh*
I'm well aware that it could be a genuine breakthrough. It could equally be a temporary chemical fix. Despite the commonality of the reaction the true nature cannot be known to anyone.
Moreover, it wasn't meant to be a serious analysis just a light-hearted, tangential description: Hence the icon, hence "LOL" hence the suggestion that it gets better a second time....hence my own laughter.
Do relax.
Topal
Hi Topal,
Glad to hear you did manage to eventually laugh yourself. Sorry you feel the need to hide behind the ROFL notion before you can join in the general merriment.
Having been in group sessions where folks achieved breakthroughs that were treated as psychotic breaks when they returned home to their Deep South bigot-run roots and others where folks truly did have mental breakdowns that caused problems and even having lost friends to eventual suicide when their problems weren't taken seriously I have a tougher time just relaxing about these issues than apparently you do.
You are also objectively wrong that it is impossible to observe a group session and tell what is the true nature of the reaction--at least in terms of OK or dangerous. Not sure what you mean by temporary chemical fix; though I would agree that it is not clear what is a true and permanent breakthrough and what is just a momentary insight that fades outside of group.
I guess I did not find your remarks just light hearted or incidental but each to their own.
Frank
Hi Trojan,
I doubt it is a comprehension problem on my part so much as my objection to making fun of what was clearly in the video a totally jovial, fun-filled and not-dangerous happening.
Frank
Well I agree it was my perception also that this was a delighful, jovial..enlightening moment for Dennis and i found the video really funny from start to finish....and laughed all through but i didn't feel that Topal was actually 'making fun' of what was happening..just sharing a few lighthearted thoughts thats all
Hi Trojan,Well I agree it was my perception also that this was a delighful, jovial..enlightening moment for Dennis and i found the video really funny from start to finish...
Hi Panther,A breakthrough is not a "light" matter. We can only experience joy to the degree we experience sorrow.
Hi Topal,Life's too short.
I think the focus of some posts on Clarity at any given time areHi Trojan,
Hi Panther,
Hi Topal,
My comment was that the video was lovely fun for us the audience and that joy needed to be protected from casual comments about what was going on with Dennis. It is the guru's obligation to check in with him later and make sure he was OK with his breakthrough and not then sinking into darker implications of "Dennis doesn't exist, my whole life is a fraud."
Life only seems too short, each day is an entire independent Creation from the dawning Sun. In Catch 22 Yossarian spends his days doing things he hates to make his life feel longer. Another alternative is to relax and realize there are other points of view and what one finds harmless jest another may find poor taste or even laughing at scars who never felt a wound...
Frank
Clarity,
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London.
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United Kingdom
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