If you are successful in staring into the face of your emotions, then it is also possible to treat your pleasurable experiences in the same way. It is generally easier to learn from sorrow than from joy; so most people are content to let happiness be, rather than to risk it in any way. Real joy and well-being, however, are not threatened by the keenness of staring. Radiance is based on taking insecurity as security, so if pleasure is real, it is experienced as complete vibrant awareness that extends itself infinitely outward to all beings.p243, Spectrum of Ecstasy, Ngakpa Chögyam with Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 1997, ISBN 0-9653948-0-8
