10 Sep '15 21:21>1 edit
Originally posted by DasaNo it doesn't mean that its an illusion it simply means that pleasure is transitory, our
Material enjoyment is an illusion.
And why is that?
Because the materialist must chase sense enjoyment over and over and over and over.
He must continually seek objects of sense gratification.
Many times those objects are far out of reach.
He becomes frustrated.
He then becomes angry.
He may even become involved with criminal activity to g ...[text shortened]... pit at the thought.
He has now raised his mundane consciousness into Krsna/God Consciousness.
own poet captured it beautifully,
Pleasures are like poppies spread
you seize the bloom, the flower is shed
or the snowfall on the river
a moment white then melts forever
- R.Burns
Sex is a spiritual and physical giving of love and emotion to be enjoyed. Why must it be
treated with contempt? Its not sex itself which is the object of contempt that you seek,
its ones perspective of it or the motivating factor for engaging in it. Yes it can be for
self gratification, but its never as fulfilling as giving someone else pleasure for even
Christ himself stated the principle that there is more happiness in giving than receiving.
This contempt for healthy and natural things is not wise nor balanced and I suspect has
the tendency to produce a very bitter fruitage in the adherent.