Oh, but that&#x27;s the whole paradox of this life - &#x27;satisfaction&#x27; is a moving target, not a fixed point.<p>In fact, this is what life is about - getting from the current &#x27;not so satisfied&#x27; point to the next &#x27;a bit more satisfied&#x27;.<p>First we have our bodies - which need food and shelter and can get sick and hurt.
So one of our tasks in life is to constantly keep our bodies satisfied - hunger, thirst, piss, shit, cold, hot, pain, horny.
This takes a lot of our energy&#x2F;time.<p>Then we have the effects of mortality - parents, children, friends, pets - every living being dies eventually and this generates suffering inside us (unless we are the one dying, which generates suffering inside everyone we love).<p>Then we have the whole of our society - competition, job, class struggle, bugs in our software... too many to enumerate.<p>Total satisfaction (&#x27;bliss&#x27;) is only possible for short periods of time (until hunger strikes or the bladder&#x27;s full) and it&#x27;s a function of a realisation, of letting go, of simplifying the requirements for &#x27;satisfied&#x27;.
This is what the monks do - they let go of everything &#x27;worldly&#x27; in exchange for a much simpler achievement of &#x27;satisfied&#x27;.<p>But then, of course, we don&#x27;t want to live like monks, so we want more comfort and hence a more complex problem to solve.