http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/highonlife Questions tagged with 'highonlife' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:44:13 -0800 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:44:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/90099/How%2Dto%2Dthrow%2Da%2Dhigh%2Don%2Dlife%2Dparty The phrase "high on life" is usually a sarcastic punchline, but a recently I've been wondering: how high exactly <i>can</i> one get on life? More specifically: if you put your mind to it, how would you take 5 or 6 willing participants and over the course of a few hours, engineer a state of transcendental euphoria? An ecstasy party without MDMA? Plenty of things can supposedly produce euphoria... running, swimming in a river in January, those crazy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006VSX1Q/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">wire scalp massager things</a>, religious-revival-type-activities (speaking in tongues, laying of hands), dancing, certain types of music, hugging, chanting, meditating... <br> <br> Unload your psychological tricks for inducing a state of euphoria. If you're ambitious, block out an evening's agenda for 5 or 6 friends who are willing to work for it and look a pretty silly in the process if that's what it takes. <br> <br> Limited alcohol and caffeine use is ok.<br> <br> <small>And to clarify, I'm looking for things that induce actual, honest-to-god, visceral euphoria. Not hypebolic "I read an intellectually stimulating book and it was bliss".</small> tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.90099 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:44:13 -0800 ecstasy euphoria highonlife party psychology the jam