Inscription from"The Prophet" By Kahalil Gibran....... About pleasure.

Pleasure is a freedom song,
but it is not freedom.
It is the blossoming of your desires,
But it is not their fruit.
It is a depth calling unto a height,
But it is not the deep nor the high.           
It is the caged taking wing,
But it is not space encompassed.
Ay, in very truth, pleasure is a freedom song.
And i fain would have you sing it with fullness of heart;
Yet i would not have you lose your hearts in the singing.


Oftentimes in denying yourself pleasure you do but store the desire in the recesses of your being.
Who knows but that which seems omitted today, waits for to-morrow?
Even your body knows its heritage and its rightful need and will not be deceived.
And your body is the harp of your soul,
And it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds.


And how do we distinguish which is good and which is bad?

lets go the fields and our gardens and we'll find that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower,
But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee.
For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life,
And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love,
And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is A NEED AND AN ECSTASY.