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from: Ann MarierIt has been rightly said: "Pleasure is a sense of moreness."
Every time you feel pleasure, you will find the word "moreness"
covers the case. It will cover the lowest condition of pleasure,
the pleasure of eating.
You are becoming more by appropriating to yourself a part of the
Not-Self, food. You will find it true of the highest condition
of bliss, union with the Supreme. You become more by expanding
yourself to His infinity.
When you have a phrase that can be applied to the lowest and
highest with which you are dealing, you may be fairly sure it is
all inclusive, and that, therefore, "pleasure is moreness" is a
true statement. Similarly, pain is "lessness".
If you understand these things your philosophy of life will
become more practical, and you will be able to help more
effectively people who fall into evil ways. Take drink. The real
attraction of drinking lies in the fact that, in the first
stages of it, a more keen and vivid life is felt. That stage is
overstepped in the case of the man who gets drunk, and then the
attraction ceases. The attraction lies in the first stages, and
many people have experienced that, who would never dream of
becoming drunk.
Watch people who are taking wine and see how much more lively
and talkative they become. There lies the attraction, the
danger. The real attraction in most coarse forms of excess is
that they give an added sense of life, and you will never be
able to redeem a man from his excess unless you know why he does
it.
Understanding the attractiveness of the first step, the increase
of life, then you will be able to put your finger on the point
of temptation, and meet that in your argument with him. So that
this sort of mental analysis is not only interesting, but
practically useful to every helper of mankind.
The more you know, the greater is your power to help. The next
question that arises is: "Why does he not divide all feelings
into pleasurable and not-pleasurable, rather than into 'painful
and not-painful'?" A Westerner will not be at a loss to answer
that: "Oh, the Hindu is naturally so very pessimistic, that he
naturally ignores pleasure and speaks of painful and not-painful.
The universe is full of pain." But that would not be a true
answer. In the first place the Hindu is not pessimistic. He is
the most optimistic of men. He has not got one solitary school
of philosophy that does not put in its foreground that the
object of all philosophy is to put an end to pain. But he is
profoundly reasonable. He knows that we need not go about
seeking happiness. It is already ours, for it is the essence of
our own nature.
Did not the Upanishads say: "The Self is bliss"? Happiness
exists perennially within you. It is your normal state. You have
not to seek it. You will necessarily be happy if you get rid of
the obstacles called pain, which are in the modes of mind.
About the author:
Ann Merier writes articles about the home and family health in
general. Her many article topics include mothers
day,diabetes,detox diet,yoga,fireplaces
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