Asceticism

get lost life denier.

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>>9991561
>Where pleasure is welcome, but not an addiction.
those are called jhanas. there is always lack of health through the senses before any nibanna.

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Try Bukowski. Lots of liquor, little work, all the girls and still feeling like shite.

>>9991561
Pleasure is always an addiction even when being fasted against. But then again, the will to live arises from pleasure. I believe you're more looking to alter what allows you to feel pleasure.

>>9991673
Maybe. I derive immense pleasure from art and creation. I like carnal pleasure too, but I don't want to be dependent, like it happened in the past.

It's rather hard not to depend on something, yet it's even harder to choose what to depend on. Try your close friends and significant other. Social relations tend to be a good bet. Just accept that you are in-the-world.

>>9991699
Yea, my friends are very important to me. I don't want to suffer anymore, all my problems come from the opposite sex.

>>9991692
By 'feel pleasure' I meant 'find peace'.

>>9991716
And yet, you need sex in your life for the dopamine and all. Maybe try sports?

>>9991743
I do sports. It's not that I "need" sex. It's good. I don't have sex since 3 years now. I'm doing fine without it. But when I have a girl I want it in a dependent way

>>9991816
I can't picture life without sex. I think I need it even more than books. I remember Confucius calmed me quite a bit when I read him. Keep away from Lao Tse, though. Guy's awesome, but he's not what you need right now.

>>9991983
Confucius? what book?