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People are liberated from suffering not when they experience this or that fleeting pleasure,
but rather when they understand the impermanent nature of all their feelings, and stop craving them.
In meditation, you are supposed to closely observe your mind and body, witness the ceaseless arising and passing of all your feelings, and realise how pointless it is to pursue them. When the pursuit stops, the mind becomes very relaxed, clear and satisfied.
All kinds of feelings go on arising and passing joy, anger, boredom, lust
But once you stop craving particular feelings, you can just accept them for what they are.
You live in the present moment instead of fantasising about what might have been.
The resulting serenity is so profound that those who spend their lives in the frenzied pursuit of pleasant feelings can hardly imagine it.