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Why I Am No Longer Going To Be Using "Plant Medicines": Part 2

Ben Greenfield Life

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The Only Way to Eliminate Craving Desire and Attachment

In buddhism, a practical guide exists for dealing with such troublesome attachments. The only way to permanently release attachments is to fill that eternal craving and desire in your soul with the only thing eternal that exists - god. When engaged in such activities, we're seeking to soothe our soul with some kind of idol which has great potential to scar our soul. Other far less morally awful activities don't necessarily scar our soulad they carry with them far less spiritual risk. But still apart from god, even these noble pursuits will ultimately be unfulfilling or become attachments and idols. With god, they actually become all the more magical in fulfilling.

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