Addiction is a negative feedback loop that arises from thought-desire. Every thought we have has a corresponding emotion that is expressed in our being. No thought brings no desire. It is as simple as that.
We seek pleasure in the outside world due to not having it in our inner world. We do not have it in our inner world as we live in the illusion of thinking, rather than the reality of being. Instead of living intuitively in the Now, we live in our thoughts and feelings that cover up our true body of Awareness as both an individual and as the collective.
Irrespective of the reason, addiction needs a thought to carry it and give it life. Every thought you have needs your attention to breathe. Every thought you have is expressed in an emotion. If you think you are lacking you will most certainly feel that lack. It is our feelings we try to escape or change with the use of drugs, alcohol, sex, over working - it does not matter what we are escaping, the point is we are trying to change our emotional response by painting a smile on the mirror. By using effect to change effect. This is pointless. We must embrace Cause to change the effect. We must embrace our true being beyond thoughts and feelings if we are ever to know peace.
We are all addicted to something that gives us peace of mind or the courage to live in the false and shared reality of our collective thoughts that are in turn manifested in our shared false reality, both individually and collectively. False thoughts or false images birth false manifestations. Manifestations we must all live in - war, famine, poverty etc.
When one experientially identifies with Spirit, one does not seek peace as one IS Peace. When one's mind is full of peace, one's demonstrations and manifestations are of peace rather than filled with false images or thoughts created by a mind cut off from its true Self, its Source. Moreover, the unnatural attachment we have of all things that are 'effect' loses its grip on us once we know longer depend on the physical world for our meaning of life and existence, for our peace and abundance.
Let your mind rest in the peace and awareness of one's Soul being Spirit. Let yourself be the I (eye) or calm within the storm. Instead of letting your mind rise in consciousness creating illusion, let it rise in the Awareness of your true being behind thought and feeling. This is done with the meditative-being mind. Not the thinking-discerning mind.
Our lives as we know it today effectively ensure that we never have any time to truly be alone with ourselves, which means we never get to experience our true body of Awareness behind the false images (thoughts) and feelings. We never let our minds rest in peace, as the meditative just being in the moment. We are all addicts. All of us trying to escape ourselves and looking for our truth in the thinking mind.
You do not have to give up your addictions to embody the being mind that will do away with them. You can begin being NOW right NOW. The meditative mind is simply the mind that is fully present in the moment without taking thought for it.
~ Tracy Pierce
