[HPFGU-OTChatter] Book of Questions #4

[Starling]

Sister Mary Lunatic wrote:

4.  If you could spend one year in perfect happiness 
but afterward would remember nothing of the experience 
would you do so?  If not, why not?

      **Auxiliary question : Which is more important: 
actual experiences, or the memories that remain when 
the experiences are over?

I don't think I could ever agree to that.   Everything that I am is based on my experiences.  I can't grow and learn if I don't remember something.  And honestly, I've always felt that without sadness, I wouldn't fully appreciate the happiness I receive.  Perhaps that's overly romantic of me, but oh well.  I'd rather have one pure moment of perfect happiness that I could hold forever in memory, rather than a year that would vanish from my mind.

I have no idea how to answer the second question.  I guess they're equally important...without experiences, memories wouldn't exist, but without memories, the experience would have no meaning afterwards.  One cannot exist without the other.

post more of these -- they're great!  where did you get this book?

Abbie, who used to have philosophical discussions at 4 am with her dorm mates
starling823 at yahoo.com
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"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his eyes.  "A magic beyond all we do here!"
          -HP and the Sorcerer's Stone
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