Monday, July 14, 2008

Defining Pleasure


Andrea asked me for my definition of “Pleasure”.

What is the definition of Pleasure? It may be a matter of opinion, like in any other definitions.

Pleasure is the result of an act – or a combination of acts – that makes one feel as light as feather and elated as high and close to the edge of heaven, congruent with moral and social ethics, and one in which all who are involved shares a reasonably same proportion of joy, and one that can be remembered as an event or series of events that years later will still bring a smile on ones face...; pleasure is something that you experienced or visualized as experienced, and that the experience can be shared with your sons and daughters, with joy and laughter, like you read a bed-time story...

....in having pleasure, integrity becomes the corner stone; values become the key driver; it can be as simple as weaving a garland of jasmine flowers and as rich as having an explosive orgasm with the person of your dream...; it could be as simple as a stroll in the woods on a Sunday morning; it could be as personal as a night spent on the river bank watching the patterns of stars in the sky; pleasure can be simple, and most often sustainable in memories...
...and often derived from even an act as small as the attempt to define pleasure.