PAIN vs PLEASURE

Two forces that control our lives on a daily basis are pain and pleasure. Everything we do in life we do out of our own need to avoid pain and our desire to gain pleasure. Let me explain... The need to avoid pain is biological. It is built into our nervous system as a survival mechanism. Let me give you an example. Many people put off going on a diet because in our mind we link to much pain to dieting, e.g. giving up the foods you like eating, being hungry all the time. Our subconscious mind has been conditioned over the space of our lives to keep us away from pain, even if this is for our own good. Our body will fight more to keep us out of pain than to gain pleasure. Being our ideal weight and healthy means pleasure but the process of dieting means some kind of pain, so we do what we can to stay out of the pain. But what if two pains come up at the same time, which action will you take. For example, if you are overweight, and need to lose excess weight, you have the pain of going on a diet and missing out on those foods that you are addicted to. AT the same time your mind is telling you that if you don't go on a diet you'll still be over weight and you will have the constant pain you have been experiencing.

How do we solve this problem?
When two pains come up at the same time what action will we take?

What determines your behaviour in this situation is what pain is more intense for you at that moment in time.
Most of us don't look at what we link pain and pleasure to. So our lives are in reaction instead of being in control.
Pain and Pleasure shapes every aspect of your life. When you can be in control of the pain/pleasure principle then you can change every area of your life. So if you want to change your behaviour you must focus on how not doing something, e.g.going on that diet, is going to be more painful than just doing it. Inotherwards, link not taking action as being more painful than taking action.