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To: Neocon who wrote (72358)	8/12/2003 12:00:33 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Neo Neo Neo you've sort of gone off into your own Neovision. Following your bliss doesn't mean being blissful all the time. It means finding something you really care about, and pursuing it. That something gives over-arching beauty to your life- and makes it so you don't sweat the small stuff- that small stuff that swamps so many people in the slough of despond. The more you post about this, the more I realize you have no idea what I mean.

To: Neocon who wrote (72358)	8/12/2003 3:37:48 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Also, in the end, if it is a choice between doing the right thing and being happy, one should do the right thing. The art of life is in the integration, being happy doing the right thing. The notion that the two cannot be integrated almost all of the time is a holdover from old time religion.

To: Neocon who wrote (72358)	8/12/2003 4:21:30 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Also, in the end, if it is a choice between doing the right thing and being happy, one should do the right thing. One hopes the choice will not be that acute, but there will be conflicts from time to time, and a commitment to following one's bliss seems to me to undermine a sense of obligation........ This is true. No matter how you define bliss, I doubt that any soldier would say that throwing themsevles on a grenade would be their idea of bliss. But they do it, and it is of the highest virtue that they do.