What Is Pleasant And What Is Painful Poem by Raj Arumugam

What Is Pleasant And What Is Painful



what is pleasant
what gives pleasure
the mind records memory of;
what is painful
what gives discomfort
that too
the mind records memory of;
and the mind learns to crave for one
and to recoil from the other
and so our lives are formed
from every pleasure, from every comfort
and every choice we make;
there is nothing there in our lives
but craving and recoiling
and the mind that sees this conditioning
that mind is free of traps
that mind is free of memory
it recognizes the way it is made to operate

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sandra Martyres 08 May 2009

Nice write on the mind's exercise of choice -

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Joseph Poewhit 08 May 2009

Touches on how we learn in life. Captures a lot.

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