If the universal addiction is to our own pattern of thinking, which is invariably dualistic, the primary spiritual path must be some form of contemplative practice, once just called “prayer,” to break down this unhelpful binary system of either-or thinking, […]
Continue reading »Stinking Thinking
“Stinking thinking” is the universal addiction. Substance addictions like alcohol and drugs are merely the most visible form of addiction, but actually we are all addicted to our own habitual way of doing anything, our own defenses, and most especially, […]
Continue reading »Shared Character Defects
Shaming myself for falling back into old behaviors is an old behavior in itself, and it helps keep me in all my character defects longer.- Voices of Recovery July 2 Shams on Me! what awaste! What could I Have done […]
Continue reading »Ride that horse
And we’ll ride that horse when we get to it. ~ Mountain Man Tom Oar åçWe don’t own tomorrow, may never see it. We can’t change the past because it’s past. Plans may never happen. We are not cured of addiction. […]
Continue reading »Better than Pride
MiBetter is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. – Ecclesiastes7.8[ Patience is better than pride. How true it is! I’ve been proud. God took my […]
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