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“True happiness is neither the fulfillment of passion nor pleasure but peace of being.”

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“The problem with pleasure is that it needs to be intermittent in order to retain its pleasantness.”

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“Both pain and pleasure pull you deeper into the illusion of Maya (Space-Time). But voluntary pain (like climbing a hill to reach a temple) and conscious pleasure (Tantra sex) take you inward.”

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“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. They fare as did that dwarf who kept guard over a captured princess in his castle. One day he took midday nap. When he woke up an hour later, the princess was gone. Quickly he pulled on his seven-league boots; with one stride he was far beyond her.”

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“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah. The last night I was with him, he told me about his father, who had died. Well Moses wouldn't believe it. Tom Verde: Izzi... Izzi: [embraces Tom] No, no. Listen, listen. He said that if they dug his father's body up, it would be gone. They planted a seed over his grave. The seed became a tree. Moses said his father became a part of that tree. He grew into the wood, into the bloom. And when a sparrow ate the tree's fruit, his father flew with the birds. He said... death was his father's road to awe. That's what he called it. The road to awe. Now, I've been trying to write the last chapter and I haven't been able to get that out of my head! Tom Verde: Why are you telling me this? Izzi: I'm not afraid anymore, Tommy.”

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“You want to spend your day like an emperor and then sleep deeply like a labourer. That’s not possible in this world of dualities. Here definition of pleasure is relief from pain. Eternal bliss is found when you detach from both.”

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“The worst thing about life is that, after the extremely rare nondual awakening, mere pleasure is the best thing that you can get out of it.”

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“Fools refuse to truly believe that a thing can be both delicious or pleasurable … and harmful.”

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“The Baron had become her slave: whatever she demanded of him he carried out with pleasure. When her humour so decreed, he would lie at her feet like a slave..., like a dog!”

Book:The Master Masochist: Tales of a Sadistic Mistress

Source: The Master Masochist: Tales of a Sadistic Mistress