Self Sellers

The concept that one can purchase pleasure is perhaps the oldest con known to man. The vender of pleasure promises that which he cannot possibly give, and that which he does give is more like to a drug for the enslavement of the masses than a thing of enjoyment. Millions of people go out and try desperately to drown out their own minds with the loudest music and the strongest drinks. They are told that everything is fine, and the world is alright. There is nothing wrong with them and they just need to relax and enjoy themselves. A little pleasure will make them feel better. It will alleviate the doubts and questions that fill their minds.
And so we distract ourselves with the most meaningless things and activities that have nothing to profit anyone, this is what we sell as pleasure. This is the existence we choose, but it doesn't have to be.
I challenge you, and your friends, and myself to this, create pleasure with love and with true actions based in reality. For there is nothing wrong with pleasure, if we control it. If we are aware of ourselves, but if we are merely trying to distract our thoughts, then indeed, it is one of the greatest evils.