Where there is pleasure there is the shadow of pain

'Where there is pleasure there is the shadow of pain - 21 May 1967 The whole movement of living, which is relationship, is a movement in action. What is consciousness? When do you say, I am conscious, I am aware, I amattentive ? Is there actually a division between the conscious and the unconscious, or it isa total movement, operating all the time? The mind that pursues pleasure must inevitably invite its opposite, which ispain. The two go together; they are not separate. You cannot see totally when you are making effort. Q: If you love your own child, your attention to your child is fairly complete, butif you are a teacher you cannot give attention to all the students.'