How does engaging in Satsang help a person overcome the cycle of pleasure and pain?

The texts explain that a living being is always caught in the duality of facing pleasure and turning away from pain. However, what is destined to happen will happen regardless. As detailed in Chapter 10, the company of saints, or Satsang, is presented as the only true liberator from this endless cycle. By engaging in Satsang, one receives natural instruction that allows the mind to become unattached. This detachment, fostered by holy company, ultimately destroys the body-ego and cuts off the cycle of birth and death, freeing the individual from the recurring experiences of pleasure and pain.