Apr 24 (edited) • General discussion
Addictions
Addictions are distractions, coping mechanisms that the mind develops to, through diverting attention from itself, cover up its own "mischief", the real burden of the tyranny of the ego. Unquestioned identification with the ego renders the soul, the "I Am" awareness, a slave to egoic self-centered mind activity. People's fundamental addiction is to identification with the ego, a mere thought, the "I thought", adorned with a bundle of perceived traits and a history, held together by blind belief.
Every worldly addiction is a result of one's addiction to false egoic identification, and therefore to thought. These addictions come in to help the ego distract attention from thought when that alone no longer can convincingly maintain the show of normality amidst the insanity of living a life subservient to a voice in one's head. Therefore, addictions are only the tip of the iceberg and not the core issue. When false identification is corrected through awakening to one's true self, these superficial addictions begin to fall away.
The real difficulty with addictions is that they help mask the false and delay the recognition that one cannot possibly be happy and free while holding on to egoic identity. Even after this recognition has begun to emerge, the ego may fight back through using worldly addictions to make one submit to the ego's proposed solutions for "getting better". The grip of the egoic identity only loses its teeth when one has sufficient insight into its extremely cunning ways of ensuring its own survival.
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