Mindless Pleasures

[David Morris]

Mindful Pleasure.
The default state of all beings, and the waste groove of sentience in those
thus capable, but few are capable.

In V. Pynchon contrast Benny versus Stencil.  Neither is mindful.
Benny is all  Earthiness, pleasure, here and now.
Stencil is all theory, mentality, fear of experience.
Neither is mindful, but they are opposites.

So what is mindful pleasure?

Not Benny nor Stencil.
It is elusive in Pynchon's writing.

On Sunday, March 23, 2014, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mindless:
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mindless
> 1
> *a* *:*  marked by a lack of mind or consciousness <a *mindless*sleep>
> *b **(1)* *:*  marked by or displaying no use of the powers of the
> intellect <*mindless* violence> *(2)* *:*  requiring little attention or
> thought; *especially* *:*  not intellectually challenging or stimulating <
> *mindless* work> <a *mindless* movie>
>
> Pleasures:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure<*mindless* of the consequences>
> *Pleasure* describes the broad class of mental states that humans<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humans> and
> other animals <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals>experience as
> positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking. It includes more specific mental
> states such as happiness <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness>,
> entertainment <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment>, enjoyment<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjoyment>
> , ecstasy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_(emotion)>, and euphoria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria_(emotion)>.
> Inpsychology <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology>, the pleasure
> principle <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_principle_(psychology)> describes
> pleasure as a positive feedback<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_feedback> mechanism,
> motivating the organism to recreate in the future the situation which it
> has just found pleasurable. According to this theory, organisms are
> similarly motivated to avoid situations that have caused pain<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffering> in
> the past.[*citation needed
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*]
>
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