With Pleasure Comes Fear
With pleasure comes fear, the fear that the pleasure will
come to an end. When there is pleasure there is always that particular fear.
Pleasure by its nature must have an end. Pleasure can not continue forever
without an end. It is certainly subject to a start and a beginning.
While Experiencing Pleasure
While experiencing pleasure there is that feeling of anxiety
that comes from our attachment to the pleasure when we know that it is going to
end.
What is much better is joy! Joy comes from the consciousness
and fear and anxiety is not inherent in joy.
Best Way to Approach Pleasure is with Detachment
The best way to approach pleasure is with detachment. We are
even when pleasure arrives and we are even when pleasure stops. There is no
great expectation and over exaggeration nor is there any sadness or anxiety
when the pleasure is about to end.
Detachment produces moderation and that is something that is
very good, because after pleasure comes usually pain.
Pleasure is of the Mind and Senses
Pleasure is of the senses and of the mind and emotions. We
experience pleasure more with the emotions, and of course there has to be
pleasant sensations involved. Sometimes the sensations evoke the emotions and
sometimes the pleasure is more emotional than anything else. For there to be
pleasure in the emotional centre there must be a positive perception or outlook
in the mind first.
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