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Pleasure and pain are both fluctuations of the mind. If pleasure is graphed as a sine-wave going up, then pain is the sine wave going down. Both are waves regardless, which means 1) It is a movement in time and 2) its effect is transitory and 3) The mind cannot hold on to a certain state, whether pain or pleasure, for too long.

Peace, on the other hand is a completely different quality than pleasure or pain. It is the joyful experience of the mind at rest, where there is no craving or clinging, no attachment towards something or aversion again something else. The sweetness that is experienced by a peaceful mind cannot be experienced by the greatest of pleasure. Yet, why does the mind keep running towards perceived pleasure and away from perceived pain?

- Inspirations by Sudhir Krishnan