There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the day, to the joys of the day. It was as if a cancer in me had ceased gnawing me. The cancer of introspection.

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In his autobiography, "A Stranger Among Us," Nelson Mandela wrote: "There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the day, to the joys of the day." This quote captures how profoundly and profoundly happy he felt. He was able to find relief from the pain and suffering he experienced by being in relationship with so many different people. He found pleasure in so many different things and thus was able to live without pain and suffering.

He also captured how much introspection can hurt. Introspection can often cause more pain than it relieves.

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