It stands to reason, that if pleasure is sacred, that it can be profaned. And it often is; it is unfortunately all too common that pleasure is abused and misused. Addiction is a common form of misuse.
I would think that this very reality means that pleasure is not itself sacred. Rather, it can serve as a vehicle for the sacred. When that aspect which is sacred is missing, then pleasure is not sacred. If pleasure were itself sacred, then the negating of sacredness (profaning) would also negate the pleasure itself.
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Date: 2004-06-28 06:26 pm (UTC)I would think that this very reality means that pleasure is not itself sacred. Rather, it can serve as a vehicle for the sacred. When that aspect which is sacred is missing, then pleasure is not sacred. If pleasure were itself sacred, then the negating of sacredness (profaning) would also negate the pleasure itself.