“Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems always have both physical and psychological components- anything from anemia, hypoglycemia, or a sluggish thyroid to attention deficient disorder, brain-wave pattern imbalances, or deep emotional pain.” PeopleHelpingProblemPainAttentionBrainEmotionalDrugWavePatternsAlcoholPsychologicalDisorderComponentsEmotional PainImbalanceSluggishThyroidAnemiaDeep Emotional Book:The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“The only reason you feel pain is because you're so busy looking at yourself instead of looking at the wonderful patterns of light. If you become absorbed in the wonderful patterns of light, then there's no pain.” IfsFeelsReasonLightPainWonderfulBuddhismBusyPatternsNo Pain Author:Frederick Lenz
“Notice that whenever we suffer pain, the mind is always quick to identify with the negative aspects of things and replay them over and over again, wounding us deeply. Almost all humans have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) of the mind, which is why so many people become fearful, hate-filled, and wrapped around their negative commentaries. This pattern must be recognized early and definitively. Peace of mind is actually an oxymoron. When you're in your mind, you're hardly ever at peace, and when you're at peace, you're never only in your mind.” PeopleMindHumansPainSufferingHateNegativeAspectFilledPatternsPeace Of MindDisorderFearfulObsessiveCommentaryOcdOxymoronReplayObsessive CompulsiveObsessive Compulsive Disorder Author:Richard Rohr
“I love Death because he breaks the human pattern and frees us from pleasures too prolonged as well as from the pains of this world. It is pleasant, too, to remember that Death lies in our hands; he must come if we call him. ... I think if there were no death, life would be more than flesh and blood could bear.” IfsThinkingWorldHumansWellsHandsWould BePainRememberLyingPleasureBreakBloodThis WorldBearsPatternsFleshPleasantLife DeathFlesh And BloodLove Death Author:Stevie Smith