SESSION 5
Biology and Psychology of Sexual
Pleasure
"Physical
pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure
sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending
experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and glory of
all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that
most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at
the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward
exulting moments." (Rainer Maria Rilke. Letter of July 16, 1903, published
in Letters to a Young Poet. 1934.)
"Physical
pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure
sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending
experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and glory of
all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that
most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at
the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward
exulting moments." (Rainer Maria Rilke. Letter of July 16, 1903, published
in Letters to a Young Poet. 1934.)