
Brave New Slavery
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The Solution for Alcoholics Is to Never, Ever Drink, to Stop 100%
In general, the way we have freedom is that our reason and spirit should be in control. We can't eliminate these pleasures, but we have to be the master of them. Buddhists have a metaphor for this: The Buddhist describe these desires, desires, passions, emotions are like a wild horse,. It's just going everywhere out of control... So what must we do? We must be the writer, right? We put on that thing on their head, right? These are called rains to control the horse. And when we say we, what are we talking about? We're on top of the horse. We tame and control the horse."
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