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Distraction - The Ego's Favorite Defense Mechanism

Actualized.org - Self-Help, Psychology, Consciousness, Spirituality, Philosophy

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What Are the Different Kinds of Abstinence?

People tend to hate religious abstentions, like when they are told, no sects, no alcohol, no drugs, no parding. That's a very low consciousness, unspiritual way of going about this. The reason that religions and mystical traditions all round the world have these various abstentions is because if you're serious about spiritualityyou have to find a way to work around the distractions of your culture. And as you become more conscious, you will naturally discard these things. You'll just gravitate away from them. It's actually goig to be te opposit. Ou're not going to see sex as a sin or alcohol is a sin. Hiis going tolook

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