Chasing Pleasure

For most, chasing pleasure is something that’s constant and it’s a direct link to what keeps the mind in a state of agitation. When things are accepted as they are, chasing pleasure is no longer needed…

We live in a pleasure cultured society, when it’s cold we desire warmth, when it’s hot we desire cool. Chasing after this pleasure is how many people spend their entire lives. If it’s not learned to be with the discomforts of what happens and not constantly push them away, there will be very little peace in your life. We live mostly in a place where we’re afraid of this discomfort because it means facing ourselves. Although our true essence is the love of all creation, this isn’t seen because the Conditioned Mind doesn’t allow it.

Once awareness is developed that allows some discipline to at least slow the mind down, it can be seen how chasing after pleasure occupies most of our waking hours; we’re in a constant fix it mode trying to have things the way we think they need to be in order to be happy. The problem with this is nothing stays the same so we have to constantly make adjustments. It’s truly exhausting to live this way, but it’s the way most people live. It doesn’t have to be this way, but the only way it won’t be is if you can be with what occurs and not want it different than what it is. This doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy pleasure, just understand pleasure isn’t what allows you to be at peace, only accepting things as they are will, and that’s only because you see the pleasure in that…