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IN COMMON WITH
THE BIOCHEMICAL VIEW?
Both agree that pleasant sensations disappear as fast as they arise,
and that as long as people crave pleasant sensations without actually experiencing them,
they remain dissatisfied! However, this problem has two very different solutions. The biochemical solution
is to develop products and treatments that will provide humans with an unending stream of pleasant sensa-
tions, so we will never be without them? The Buddha's suggestion was to reduce our craving for pleasant sen-
sations, and nòt to allow them to control our lives! According to Buddha, we can train our minds to observe
carefully how all sensations constantly arise ànd pàss. When the mind learns to see our sensations
for what they are - ephemeral and meaningless vibrations - we lose interest in pursuing them!
For whàt ìs the point of running after something that disappears as fast as it arises?
At present, humankind has far greater interest in the biochemical solution...
No matter what monks in their Himalayan caves or philosophers in their ivory towers say,
for the capitalist juggernaut, happiness is pleasure. Périod. With each passing year our tolerance for
ùnpleasant sensations decreases, and our craving for pleasant sensations increases. Both scientific research
and economic activity are geared to that end, each year producing better painkillers, new ice-cream flavours,
more comfortable mattresses, and more addictive games for our smartphones, so that we will not suffer one
single boring moment while waiting for the bus.
And all this is hardly enough,
of course
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