Pain may be a part of all life (Buddhist), but during all of our lives we are not in pain and for most of our time here we enjoy much pleasure. In addition we satisfy our curiosity in many ways which are not painful nor particularly pleasurable, but are necessary for us to make good progress in what we attempt to achieve. However, the lack of social justice is a painful matter which we do have to bear.
My apologies for the delayed response. My semester just started, which required much preparation. Everything you've said here strikes me as true. There are many pleasurable moments, and for some of us, there is much more pleasure than pain, which means we have it better than some others (which is what I think you are referring to when you say "the lack of social justice"). I do think that there is some subtle pleasure in having our curiosity satisfied, but, as you say, it's also necessary to achieve progress. I hope to explore some of these ideas in the next chapter. Thank you for the feedback.
Pain may be a part of all life (Buddhist), but during all of our lives we are not in pain and for most of our time here we enjoy much pleasure. In addition we satisfy our curiosity in many ways which are not painful nor particularly pleasurable, but are necessary for us to make good progress in what we attempt to achieve. However, the lack of social justice is a painful matter which we do have to bear.
Hi, David.
My apologies for the delayed response. My semester just started, which required much preparation. Everything you've said here strikes me as true. There are many pleasurable moments, and for some of us, there is much more pleasure than pain, which means we have it better than some others (which is what I think you are referring to when you say "the lack of social justice"). I do think that there is some subtle pleasure in having our curiosity satisfied, but, as you say, it's also necessary to achieve progress. I hope to explore some of these ideas in the next chapter. Thank you for the feedback.
Change brings pain, pain brings suffering, suffering brings tolerance, tolerance brings philosophy, philosophy brings knowledge, knowledge brings wisdom, and wisdom makes life bearable!