craving for alcohol (and drugs) was the equivalent on a low level of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: the union with God.1
How could one formulate such an insight in a language that is not misunderstood in our days?
The only right and legitimate way to such an experience is, that it happens to you in reality and it can only happen to you when you walk on a path, which leads you to a higher understanding. You might be led to that goal by an act of grace or through a personal and honest contact with friends, or through a higher education of the mind beyond the confines of mere rationalism[quote/]
Mabey it was ridiculous using substances for my desire to feel good.People do excessive shopping to feel good,people gamble to feel good,people jump out of planes to feel good,people over eat to feel good.Abuse of anything is not good.
Ulitimately i think addicts are people looking to fill the void within themselves and use "feel good drugs" to do so,it's not nessisarily out of pain.Which is why swim has recently been returning to etnneogens,practicing meditation as a tool to fill that void with spiritualism.It has been swims path and he's making progress :d .
Thats why i like this place.This is a psychedelic/ethneogen community and i have found that people in this forum tend to be mature and non judgemental and open minded,which made me feel comfortable talking about swim.
I dont know if any of you read "The Jaguar That Roams The Mind" by Robert Tindall (it came out this yr).I mentioned it in the literature section.
It's about this guy who happens to have struggled with addiction and had a messed up childhood and his adventures lead him down to peru where he spends time at this place called takawasi (ayahuasca drug treatment center) and meats up with all these curenderos.I highly reccomend the book.