Its actually a total lie that suffering is a good thing and that pleasure is wrong. Sometimes there are pleasureable things which are destructive so they should be avoided but only because they are destructive-not because they feel good. Yeah there is some virtue in suffereing in order to gain i.e. sometimes it is the only way to get something that will make you truly happy (think of dieting.) A lot of religious people are told that it is wrong to want something that will make you feel good. One of my limiting beleifs that i have 'slayed' is that God wanted me to be single. Rubbish! My intuition/Gods Spirit inside me says that IM the one who decided I was meant to be single and that for all these years I have been saying to God 'no thanks, I dont want your gift of a husband.' i never asked him for one because I didnt know I could actually ask specifically for what I wanted. |