>>198719
>Isn't this what Buddhism is all about?
Being born is the result of craving.
First there is ignorance (which is beginningless if we go by the horizontal view), then there are formations (Sankharas) and they can be verbal, bodily or mental. They are best described as "determinations" as in "that which determines this" for exemple, eye determines sight. Then there is consciousness, then name and form, then the six senses base, then contact (with your "self"), then feeling, then craving, then being, then birth, and finally age sickness and death.
Note that these are not to be seen in a chronoligical order but more of a dependent origination (with this, this is).
By not identifying as yourself, you live secluded from the world in all its forms, pusruing neither pleasure nor pain. Going beyond feeling, perception and consciousness, you go even beyond non-existence, above the duality of perception and non perception.
It starts with sense restraint and establishment of the four bases of mindfulness. Don't try to be "mystical" about. This is not a special snowflake doctrine. If you do it seriously, you're gonna have to go through a period of extreme mental anguish before finding safety. Pleasant meditation does not equal right meditation. Patience and discipline is highly required. The Buddha would go in wild forests and charnel grounds to practice. One of the the practices involves observing the different stages of the decaying body. Pleasure is not an indicator for going into the right direction, quiet the contrary at first. But the relief of the first Jhana is like you were buried alive and got out of your grave. You know this is IT and nothing else, and you will dedicate your entire life into maintaining THAT.