The pain that occurs in the body when meditating seems to play a role in dispelling the delusion.
Does asceticism work in this way?
Listening to your question,
It seems like that kind of makes sense as well.
But traditionally,
The purpose of asceticism is to,
Through asceticism,
Try to stop from the greed or desire for vice.
When people are in dire straits,
They are satisfied with little things,
Right?
Little gains.
So through asceticism,
You are actually threatening your very survival.
So your level of desire is at the level of survival.
Which means you are really minimizing any desire that you have.
So dispelling delusion through the pain of asceticism,
Or the pain of the body,
Is not part of the traditional output.
But listening to your question,
It could be made into one.
But while your experience has been that the pain in the body seems to dispel the delusion,
I don't know whether that happens all the time,
Or whether that can be applied universally across people.
But I think it's proven,
It's more of a concrete fact that if you engage in asceticism,
Then you do limit the rise of desires that kind of added plus,
Right?
Some value-add,
For example,
You want to eat something more tasty,
Or engage in play that's more playful and fun.
To summarize,
Traditional outcome of asceticism is to stop desires from rising.
