Mindless Pleasures

[Markekohut]

Gotta love " waste groove of sentience" esp in our context...

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On Mar 24, 2014, at 4:20 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mindful Pleasure.
> The default state of all beings, and the waste groove of sentience in those thus capable, but few are capable.
> 
> In V. Pynchon contrast Benny versus Stencil.  Neither is mindful.
> Benny is all  Earthiness, pleasure, here and now.
> Stencil is all theory, mentality, fear of experience.
> Neither is mindful, but they are opposites.
> 
> So what is mindful pleasure?
> 
> Not Benny nor Stencil.
> It is elusive in Pynchon's writing.
>  
> On Sunday, March 23, 2014, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mindless:
>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mindless
>> 1
>> a :  marked by a lack of mind or consciousness <a mindlesssleep>
>> b (1) :  marked by or displaying no use of the powers of the intellect <mindless violence> (2) :  requiring little attention or thought; especially :  not intellectually challenging or stimulating <mindless work> <a mindless movie>
>> 
>> Pleasures:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure<mindless of the consequences>
>> Pleasure describes the broad class of mental states that humans and other animalsexperience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking. It includes more specific mental states such as happiness, entertainment, enjoyment, ecstasy, and euphoria. Inpsychology, the pleasure principle describes pleasure as a positive feedback mechanism, motivating the organism to recreate in the future the situation which it has just found pleasurable. According to this theory, organisms are similarly motivated to avoid situations that have caused pain in the past.[citation needed]
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