ChieftheCef
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I've heard something before but can't even remember it
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Why is pleasure bad according to any religion you belong to?
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Pleasure isn't bad, according to my religion. Attachment to it is.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
What kind of pleasure are you referring to?
pleasure
enjoyment, happiness, or satisfaction, or something that gives this:
His visits gave his grandparents such pleasure.
It was such a pleasure to meet you.
Coffee is one of my few pleasures.
pleasure
1. enjoyment, happiness, or satisfaction, or something that gives this: 2…
Huh? Something in a religion can become bad because I belong to said religion?
ChieftheCef
Active Member
Perhaps but I'm gathering reasons why pleasure is wrong so that I can show scientifically in my writings why that is not true according to the science. Too much pleasure can be bad.
Pleasure is not bad in my views or religious Path. It's a loss of the ability to moderate ones desires and pleasure seeking behaviors that are not healthy.
Tinkerpeach
Active Member
You cannot understand pain without knowing pleasure.
Pleasure is not inherently bad in my personal spiritual path, however all things in moderation.
Secret Chief
Degrow!
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This.
Attachment and craving create discontent. The experience of pleasure in itself is not a problem.
exchemist
Veteran Member
It isn't.
But almost all religions advise their adherents not to become slaves to pleasure. This is hardly a revolutionary idea. We're all familiar with sayings such as "no pain no gain" and the idea that if you want to achieve anything you need to set aside having fun and do some work. Religions simply advocate this principle in the pursuit of becoming better human beings.
Or vice versa
I have to second this. It is well said and I agree with it as a follower of Sanātana Dharma.
It may have something to do with sex and why certain sects do not like people having sex unless it's strictly for trying to make babies.
Of the human species, if sex was not enjoyed, many would never have children.
ChieftheCef
Active Member
Sex is a good thing if not taken to too extremes! Remember also that it's broadly monotheism including Zoroastrianism, I don't know about Atenism, that denigrate sex. Did you know you actually contort people into worse perversions (or drugs, or gambling, or anything else really) by denigrating them and hurting them for your own agenda?
Good yes.... and i am a a bit freaky.
Yes, those frustrations are perhaps why LBGT variations and participants exist.
ChieftheCef
Active Member
Hmm probably not what I'm talking about
Quite makes sense but to shun them totally is folly. It means less economic goodness and less fulfillment and less prosperity.
ChieftheCef
Active Member
How expense though?