consciousness intermediate location 305
"M: Desire is the memory of pleasure and fear is the memory of pain. Both make the mind restless. Moments of pleasure are merely gaps in the stream of pain. How can the mind be happy?"
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That
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