A series of mind-numbing wars sickened the conscience and gave us every reason to think it had died. This is a white lie that means go ahead, escape the world, it's so hard to take in the first place. Yet a balanced experience of pleasure is life-affirming. What achieves the balance, perhaps leading back to Eden, is understanding why you seek pleasure. If you use pleasure to create freshness out of weariness, to bring yourself calmness, peace, a moment of delight, and joy to others, then you are not indulging.
Ecstasy is real and valuable, so is transcendence.
At a certain point, the restlessness of desire gives way to silence and repose. I read recently that NFL players experience a mysterious quiet in the midst of the deafening roar of a football game, to the point that they literally cannot hear the crowd. Nothing is more pleasurable, yet this isn't indulgence. Nor is the ecstasy of truly being in love. Natural beauty pulls us back to Eden without guilt.