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into the Golden Age, or pleasure in pleasing yourself by putting yourself in tune with the Infinite, or by any other means. QUESTION: ANSWER: Pleasure is the reaction of an organism which has accomplished an act producing pleasant chemical reactions. A baby experiences pleasure while suckling its mother’s breast because its hunger is appeased, and because the chemical reaction produced by the milk on the papilla of the tongue produces a pleasant sensation. All our senses are there to give us pleasure, and Sensual Meditation is based on an improvement of the perception of pleasure provoked by the chemical reactions transmitted by our senses. Everything we do during our life, we do because it gives us pleasure. There is not one action performed during our entire life which is not done for pleasure. The person who pays his income tax does it because it pleases him not to have to go to jail for not having paid it. The woman who throws herself under the wheels of a car to 1 terdo4 can : 1 1 1 rend save her child, does it because it pleases her to see her child survive, even if it means being wounded in the process. And the soldier who throws himself under enemy fire in order to save his battalion, does so because it pleases him to die for his comrades. The suicide pilots of Japan are the ultimate example of this type of heroism — pleasure. There is a difference between direct pleasures, such as immediate sensual satisfaction, and indirect pleasures, such as the choice of behavior, which we spoke of earlier, and which are a reaction to 257 FAQ - Wuat Is THE PurRPOSE OF LIFE? What is Pleasure? What is pleasure?