Integrative Medicine/Holistic - Dr. Tolle on Addiction and the Search (43 views)
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From: Jerry (VAJARA) Jul-27 1:39 PM To: All
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The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, “Addiction and the Search for Wholeness,” p. 127
Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to
face and move through your own pain. Every addiction starts with pain
and ends with pain. Whatever the substance you are addicted to—alcohol,
food, legal or illegal drugs, or a person—you are using something or
somebody to cover up your pain. That is why after the initial euphoria
has passed; there is so much unhappiness, so much pain in intimate
relationships. They do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out
the pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness in
you. Every addiction does that. Every addiction reaches a point where it
does not work for you anymore, and then you feel the pain more
intensely than ever.
Note: Our Injured and Wounded Warriors and families have suffered
these past 12+ years of wars with extreme stress, anxiety and depression
affecting every cell, organ, nervous, sensory-motor, intestinal,
cardie-vascular, sexual, expression, muscular-skeletal, mental and
social-emotional systems. Psychiatry-Psychology are missing the point of
the pain and suffering, identifying these injuries, primarily as
Disorder's of the Mind. NOT!!!
Addictions are 3rd. Degree Compensations that open up when our safer
outlets are closed--eg. marijuana, sex, meaningful work and
opportunities to express our whole being physically, mentally,
emotionally, spiritually and with social interaction-relationships.
Alcohol is very big with our Vets and returning Warriors as an outlet to
bury the enormous pain and suffering they are experiencing from their
social environment, multiple long term deployments with no serious down
time to find balance and equilibrium of our whole being. The Drugs and
Psychic Labels-Psychic Tattoos only exacerbate and attempt to cover up
the pain...just another addiction that carries with 'it', more pain and
suffering.
Remember, when we are in Pain, we are in Fear....don't accept a name
(disorder) and expect to ever be released from this shadow as we have
witnessed and experienced historically with the development of The VA
Shuffle from all of our Wars.
Join a Support Team and commit yourselves to transcend
pain-addiction-suffering with a daily health care plan that works to
restore and heal all of our systems. Even our Relationships improve as
we find balance, harmony, creativity and enthusiasm in our life. Visit
our Alliance recommendations for every service member and family
returning to our communities.
http://jerryvestinjuredwarrior.com
Gerald W. Vest, ACSW/LISW/LMT
Injured Warrior, TRICARE Provider--Individual, Couple, Family & Group
Holistic & Integrative Health Practitioner & Professor Emeritus NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88005
575.524.2379