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The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Working with Attachments and Addictions

Tara Brach

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The Hungry Ghost Energy

When I was in high school my introduction to Buddhism was basically you need to let go of your attachments and not be caught in desire. And as we know when we're doing that it's temporary fixes. We feel better for a little bit but then the need is back there again. So today I finished one bottle of gin, a bottle of red wine, a pint of Ben and Jerry's. This is my Prozac and a large box of chocolates. You have no idea how short we live that will be.

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