{"id":7374,"date":"2016-06-02T13:36:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T13:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/02\/true-art-hedonism\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T13:23:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T13:23:21","slug":"true-art-hedonism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/true-art-hedonism\/","title":{"rendered":"The True Art of Hedonism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7374\" class=\"elementor elementor-7374\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-238b9107 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"238b9107\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-254d9159\" data-id=\"254d9159\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99ca7bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99ca7bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-True-Art-of-Hedonism-e1676985530210-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16245\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-True-Art-of-Hedonism-e1676985530210-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-True-Art-of-Hedonism-e1676985530210-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-True-Art-of-Hedonism-e1676985530210-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-True-Art-of-Hedonism-e1676985530210-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-True-Art-of-Hedonism-e1676985530210-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d6e0a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d6e0a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ferris.jpeg\\&quot;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\\&quot;alignleft\" src=\"\\&quot;https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ferris.jpeg\\&quot;\" alt=\"\\&quot;The\" width=\"\\&quot;313\\&quot;\" height=\"\\&quot;186\\&quot;\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>I spent much of my life being very proud of the fact that I was a hedonist. I considered the pursuit of fun and happiness the most important aspect of living and I took great delight in pushing my boundaries and seeking out ever more intense and gratifying experiences. And in many ways you could say I had a real talent for it. I could sniff out the wildest parties, and indeed threw many myself. 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You need the sour to make the sweet feel sweet. All of those ideas were fully ingrained into my life philosophy.<\/p><p>By the age of 25, it was getting harder to ignore the shifting dynamic that the highs were no longer as good and the lows were getting worse. And the time between the highs and lows was characterised by an increasing sense of mediocrity, ennui and occasionally, downright despair.<\/p><p>I would go running in the morning to make myself feel better, but I didn\u2019t always make the time, or more likely was injured or hungover. Then there would be the feeling of failure.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/true-art-hedonism\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The True Art of Hedonism<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent much of my life being very proud of the fact that I was a hedonist. I considered the pursuit of fun and happiness the most important aspect of living and I took great delight in pushing my boundaries and seeking out ever more intense and gratifying experiences. 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