Is it possible to have pleasure without pain?
𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺, 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨— 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵? 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘵… 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦:𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴 that 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 inflicted 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴… 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯… 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺… 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰?