Pleasure and Pain: Finding Freedom

Is your mind reacting — or truly seeing?

Pleasure feels good, pain feels bad. That seems obvious. But beneath these reactions lies a hidden structure of conditioning — one that shapes our desires, our suffering, and our decisions.

In Pleasure and Pain: Finding Freedom, we explore the psychological mechanics behind every emotional high and low. This book reveals how pleasure and pain are not simply feelings, but reactions rooted in memory, knowledge, and assumption. When misunderstood or distorted, they give rise to confusion, conflict, and dependency. But when seen clearly, they become the key to understanding ourselves.

What you'll discover:
- Why pleasure and pain are reactions, not truths
- How conditioning distorts our perception of both
- The link between frustration, repetition, and memory
- How we unconsciously use pleasure to escape pain
- Why the mind is restless, fixated, and afraid to let go
- The deep connection between boredom, desire, and craving
- How understanding the structure of reaction leads to inner freedom

This book is not about suppressing pleasure or enduring pain. It is about seeing them as they are — so that we are no longer controlled by them. Through careful inquiry, it exposes the trap of psychological pleasure, the deception of emotional escape, and the freedom that arises when reaction ends.

Pleasure is attractive, but it is also binding. To understand it fully is to be free from its control.

If you're drawn to the teachings of J. Krishnamurti or the psychological clarity of David Bohm, Pleasure and Pain: Finding Freedom offers a direct, unflinching look at the structure of the mind — and the possibility of living without distortion.