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Today’s topic is addiction. Jim Dreaver, a native of New Zealand, met European nondual awakening master Jean Klein in 1984 and awakened to his true nature in 1995. He is the author of End Your Story, Begin Your Life (Hampton Roads) and has taught at Esalen Institute and elsewhere for many years.

Addiction: Why does this exist? People know it’s bad behavior. They reach for the chocolate bar or cigarette anyway. If you break one rule, it’s easy to break other rules. If you miss flossing your teeth one night, you have planted an OK sign in your subconscious to say it’s approved behavior at times. At times can become most of the time. Which can become all of the time. Denatured Living in our heads. Rebellion could be seen by some as necessary when you are trapped in drywall. We are not supposed to be trapped near our food, drink, and medicine cabinet all day. Boredom leads to seeking a remedy. The break room at work. The fridge, TV, medicine cabinet at home.

Sedentary Nation: Book by Sifu Slim According to my observations and study of addiction: these are my main reasons: 1. Hide pain; feel better. 2. Out of balance: which causes dysfunction and pain. 3. Rebellion: Protest by not doing the right thing. 4. Boredom; anxiety (a type of pain); stress Rebellion Challenge the system Tomorrow is another day: 1. For non addicts, good things. 2. For addicts, bad things and temptations. 3. How I live – in less is more, balance. Prepare over repair. Wellness as one of 3 main priorities. 4. How some addicts I know live, constant Band-Aids, breakdown, therapy, repair, vicious cycle. Their own worst enemy.

Addiction Tips The three-second rule, the two-minute rule *Could also be the 15-min. rule. When the urge comes, let it be and give it time. Your book: End Your Story Begin Your Life p. 210 If you are being overtaken by a wave of emotion, there’s really nothing to do but let it happen. At the same time, be very aware of everything you are feeling. Whether you label it as fear, anger, sadness, or some other emotion, don’t get lost in a story about it. Stay present with the feeling and allow it to unfold, do you have this expression. And chapter one I spoke of the two contributions Jean Klein made to my spiritual understanding. One was the idea of welcoming whatever was happening. The other was stepping back with my awareness. That helped by giving me the capacity to be fully in an experienced comment at the same time he detached from it, to be aware of the experience. On page 164 you write Nature, as this and master Shunryu Suzuki said, it’s the true teacher of them. Out in nature, your consciousness expands beyond the borders of the ego and its story and you begin to merge with the universal consciousness, the larger sense of being that, which is who and what we all really are. Here, you get a larger truer perspective on things. I call it the mountaintop perspective, because it leads you toward detachment, so you can see more clearly, more widely. This is essential for making the shift in perception you are seeking. Instead of being mired in your own story, your own drama, you want to be able to step outside it in order to see it is not really who you really are. Your true nature is consciousness, pure, timeless awareness. Nature helps you discover and connect with it. Aloha Wellness & Sustainability-minded People ​​Thanks for helping me continue to create do research and create content that I hope will help people with their improvement of Fitness, Wellness, and Life. ​Kindly donate as little as $1 if you have the ability. ​Patreon.com/SifuSlim Yours in creating more wellness for all, ​ ​Sifu Slim ​SifuSlim.com Visit http://sifuslim.com Please LIKE, comment, and Subscribe COMMENTS CAVEAT Kindly leave thoughtful and helpful comments below. Kindly be honorable and maintain decorum. Silliness is encouraged. Find the books on Amazon: The Aging Athlete Book http://a.co/2rHbsXB Sedentary Nation Paperback Book http://a.co/7GUycHd Sedentary Nation Kindle Version http://a.co/42uNIgw