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All forms of addiction are an expression of
the desperate search for higher states of
consciousness.
Common forms of addiction in our modern culture
include alcohol, nicotine, and other forms
of narcotics and artificial stimulants.
But there are many many forms of addiction
-- including toxic relationships, sex, and
even emotional and physical pain.
All addictions can be summarized in the following
three categories.
Number one - Addiction to sensation in all
its forms.
Number two -- addiction to security, the search
for security being the biggest cause for insecurity.
And number three - addiction to power and
control.
Addicts generally associate a feeling of euphoria
-- often connected to the first experience
with the substance of addiction.
However, the human body itself makes it physically
impossible to replicate that original feeling.
The result often is a gradually declining
sensation of any feeling at all that eventually
turns entirely destructive in all aspects
of the addicts' life.
In summary, addiction is not getting enough
of what you don't want anymore.
The search for higher consciousness though
is a great place to start for those who truly
want to heal and transform themselves.
Identifying the void you have been trying
to fill and replacing life-damaging beliefs
and behaviors with those that are life-supporting
-- including meditation and other practices
for higher consciousness -- will serve an
addict immeasurably on your journey to healing
and transformation.
Can you identify an addictive pattern in your
own life?
And can you identify a new behavior that will
overshadow that experience and create a new
pattern in your life?
