Atonement occurs when we are at one with the others and events, having made the last judgment. Pleasure does not take place outside the mind. It is the mind's self-enhancement. The ego, too, as we often notice, is involved with its own self-enhancement. Arguing, criticizing, judging are pleasure to the ego, giving it a feeling of accomplishment and power.
Pleasure is more than the absence of pain.
Yet to the ego, pain is pleasure, especially when that internal ego-satisfying pain is thrust outward, as judgment of others. Quite easily we can fall prey to the ego's masquerade. We can mistakenly identify the pleasure of the ego for the mind's healthy self-elevation. A judgment is an interpretation. It often occurs automatically from our subconscious.