Hedone Tuesday

From Greek ἡδονή (hēdonē), “pleasure, delight”

The Gist

The conflict exists because reactive system is an ancient system that is addicted to joy. That’s just how it works and needs to be accepted, so you can work around it.

The Declaration of Insight

Learn: Why Declarations are Bloated

One must recognize that the emotional mind serves only pleasure, endlessly chasing greater delights while fleeing discomfort. It knows no contentment, only comparison, forever seeking more than it possesses. To condemn these urges is to condemn the tide for rising; they are not moral failings but the natural condition of an ancient mind. True power comes not from stopping this pursuit, which is impossible, but from seeing its nature clearly. When one understands this eternal chase, the choice of which pleasures to follow and which to release becomes the very practice of wisdom.