| Re: pronoia [message #23432] |
Di, 26 April 2005 20:55 |
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I learned the other day that pronoia is the opposite of paranoia - it is the
belief that everything in the universe is conspiring to take care of you ,
everybodies out to love you. It's not such a bad thing to aim for - it stems
from a gnostic belief system and was briefly adapted by a group called the
zippies , zens into pronoia or something. zaphod beeblebrox experienced it
in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy when he realised the universe was
meant for him and on making that realisation , ate the fairycake that was
powering it.
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I don't mind. but try alt.fan.douglas-adams if you want to get really in to
it.
<dkotschess [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1114540663.852259.84800 [at] g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> perry stalsis wrote:
>> I Am really looking forward to the film (and payday) ,
>
> I don't know how close to the book it will be, but I guess that doesn't
> matter since the book isn't that close to the radio show which is
> completely different from the other movie... I think it's going to be
> funny as hell.
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>>I've read those books countless times.
>
> That's more than I have, unless your counting problems begin somewhere
> around 3, since that's the number of times I've read them...
>
>> It was the fake version of the machine , though he didn't
>> know it when he got strapped in, leading (dear reader) to the
> bathetic
>> transition that followed.
>
> I guess it was irrelevant to your subject anyway and I probably just
> wanted an excuse to talk about HHGTG...
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>
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>> <dkotschess [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1114538899.541410.289470 [at] g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >
>> > perry stalsis wrote:
>> >> I learned the other day that pronoia is the opposite of paranoia -
> it
>> > is the
>> >> belief that everything in the universe is conspiring to take care
> of
>> > you ,
>> >> everybodies out to love you. It's not such a bad thing to aim for
> -
>> > it stems
>> >> from a gnostic belief system and was briefly adapted by a group
>> > called the
>> >> zippies , zens into pronoia or something. zaphod beeblebrox
>> > experienced it
>> >> in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy when he realised the
> universe
>> > was
>> >> meant for him and on making that realisation , ate the fairycake
> that
>> > was
>> >> powering it.
>> >
>> > Yeah but wasn't that the fake version of the machine? I forget.
> Maybe
>> > it will be in the movie.
>> >
>> > Still though I like the idea...
>> >
>> > The movie comes out on payday!
>> >
>
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| Re: pronoia [message #23435 ] |
Di, 26 April 2005 22:07 |
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perry stalsis wrote:
> I don't mind. but try alt.fan.douglas-adams if you want to get really
in to
> it.
To bring back on topic... sort of, never has the idea of Dukkha been
more clearly expressed to me than:
"All through my life I've had this strange unaccountable feeling that
something was going on in the world, something big, even sinister, and
no one would tell me what it was."
"No," said the old man, "that's just perfectly normal paranoia.
Everyone in the Universe has that."
-DaveK
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