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David Swindle 🟦's avatar

A very thoughtful reflection and one with which I sympathize. The death of someone close to us, especially by surprise, does indeed offer a shock to the psyche and allows for a kind of reimprinting of one’s being. Strong psychedelic experiences can be similar in this regard as they in some ways simulate the fear of death at parts. When we are in this more malleable form after being shocked in one way or another then the opportunities to remold one’s personality and remake one’s life are endless.

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Fuzz's avatar

You've got a good mind Frederick, and a heart, too. My mother died many years ago, at 93. I'm 80, so reading what you wrote, I felt a pang of remorse... I do feel alone now as I mature, then when she died. See; I wasn't a friend of hers. So, I've been on the road this last two years, writing and being alone... something good for me. And I've been asking forgiveness. And I remember how she loved me. And I'd like another chance please...

Meanwhile I'm discovering just how dangerous some of us can be to ourselves; another story for another day. Keep up what you're doin' and you're right about religion... stick with yourself. Fuzz

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