In pursuit of pleasure. The sensation of pleasure is all that we seek and aspire for. Life is all about seeking pleasure. But there is only one hitch and that is, we should be wary of not hurting others in our pursuit of pleasure. One man's pleasure should not become another man's displeasure.
We are all pleasure seeking humans. This life is all about seeking pleasure. We go around finding, seeking pleasure. It may be the tickling of the taste buds in our tongue, an exotic scenery to watch, a pleasant music to hear, or the smell of fresh flowers plucked from the garden. Life is about chasing the pleasure sensations that world provides.
Food gives us pleasure. Seeking knowledge gives us pleasure. Seeking relationships gives us pleasure. Helping the poor gives a feeling of contentment. Some seek excellence in sports, some seek recognition in life. All that gives immense pleasure on achieving. Some like traveling, observing the natural beauty of God's creation.That gives enormous satisfaction. And almost certainly everyone finds happiness on meeting their goals in life.
All our decisions are based on whether the proposed act will give you pleasure. Friends seek you in your good times and run away from you in your bad times. Even a sadhu seeks nirvana to enjoy the pleasures of enlightenment that will last a lifetime.
You can be rest assured that if you do anything which does not give you pleasure, will harm you in some way. Everytime you scorn, think badly of someone, you only will feel disgusted. Fighting, scorning, swearing, foul mouthing, leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. Cheating someone for monetary gains, does not make anyone feel proud. The guilt chases him all through his life. That is not a way of seeking pleasure.
Every time you need to act on something ask yourself this question, " will this action of mine give pleasure ?" If the answer is yes, go ahead for sure. You'll always be on the right path in life. It never gives you pleasure when you try to be immoral or harm someone. Harming any soul, breaks you from inside.
It is not worthwhile to go on a path which you can foresee as not delightful. Our mental make up is such that anything that does not delight us is not worth going after. Consider an accident victim, lying on the road, bleeding. Does it not pinch you to act ? Would you not rush him to a hospital? Would it not give you pleasure to have saved a life?
Everything we do is for seeking pleasure. We get immense satisfaction when the pleasure sensors in the brain gets tickled. That is what life is all about. A student seeks knowledge. He gets pleasure on receiving knowledge. The more pleasure one gets, the more he seeks to get pleasure.
It doesn't delight, to stay hungry. A full stomach does give pleasure. Learn to differentiate genuine pleasure from perverted pleasure. Does hurting someone give pleasure ? Does having a sadistic mind give genuine pleasure? It can only be a perverted pleasure and perversion is abnormal. Does sadness, misery give any pleasure ? Does anyone enjoy living in poverty? Does anyone enjoy being in depression ? Does anyone love to be humiliated ? The answer is always a NO.
So if you want fulfillment in life, look for avenues that will give you pleasure and pursue them. Stay away from acts that may not delight you. And then be rest assured that you will achieve happiness and satisfaction in life.
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