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Distraction - The Ego's Favorite Defense Mechanism

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

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The Highest Level of Abstinence Is Not Abstaining

The highest level of abstinence is not abstinence in a moralistic fashion or in an ideological fashion. You're abstaining because you would rather have the truth than some cheap sex or some cheap alcohol, or some party to go to. A person who has a happy life over all, has stuff going for them, they're not going to inject that heroine. Most normal people wouldn't even do heroine if it was sold in their pharmacy. There's nothing bad about doing heroine. But there is a problem in that it'll send you down this spiral of chasing lower and lower consciousness things. What are the takeaways from this episode? Very practically, i want you to start to noticeall the little

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