04-07-2014, 12:58 PM
(04-07-2014, 12:05 PM)michael430 Wrote: I don't disagree with either however isn't a cessation of pain pleasurable ?
Not unless you want to blur the definitions and define pleasure to include relief from pain. Pain and pleasure are normally pretty distinct. You can experience pain. You can experience pleasure. You can experience pain and pleasure both at the same time (someone who is constant pain over a health condition still laughing at a funny joke).
I think there's nothing wrong at all with seeking pleasure in general. Part of the red and orange ray is loving life and loving yourself, and part of that is loving life's pleasures. I think problems arise when one constantly seeks impulsive pleasures (or constantly engages in any fleeting impulses for that matter) or when one becomes attached to pleasure such that one is emotionally distraught when one cannot pursue pleasure implying that the seeking pleasure activity is masking and suppressing a deeper imbalance at play.
But I think pleasure is a big part of life. Embrace it is what I say.