Myths & mysteries
Mystical enlightenment rarely lasts longer than an hour
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
Despite the decades of grueling fasting and endless silence, the actual payoff is hilariously brief. The transiency of these intense states means they usually fade away in a matter of minutes or hours. You can spend thirty years sitting on a rock in the freezing rain, only to get a cosmic high that lasts about as long as a sitcom episode. Afterwards, you just have to rely on your highly flawed memory of the event.
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