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  Peter Panayiotis Karanikas August 19, 2013 at 3:06am

  
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  Peter Panayiotis Karanikas August 19, 2013 at 2:30am

  Fantastic hun.

  So accurate.

  I've always thought of it this way.

  You can't get to heaven without harnessing the power of hell.
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  RJK August 19, 2013 at 2:21am

  Yes !!! :) I wrote this poem a long time ago about what you say here 

  BEFRIEND the DARK SIDE

   

  As I sit here peeling back the lenses

  I see a very Dark part of me that's banging

   

  Banging at theh Door of Light

  It's been screaming as it's hanging

   

  It has never trully been heard

  And it yearns for Light through the absurd

   

  Now that it has some Light

  It can learn freedom dispite

  All the hell it thought

  It deserved

   

  It tastes new freedom

  Sees now it won't be bit

  Speaks up even when frozen

  Knowing it will not be hit

   

  Calls out via Snapping

  Still the only way it knows

  A habit formed through being attacked

  Now Heaven and Hell

  Is what it shows

   

  Still I hang on

  Believing it will become strong

  Knowing that strength comes from Divine

  The Light Of Love

  One Day it will Totally

   

  BESTOW ... 

   

  As I Befriend

  the

  Dark Side
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  Peter Panayiotis Karanikas August 18, 2013 at 5:37am

  My pleasure.

  If I can distill the ascension process into a couple of sentences it would be.

  "Befriend the pained voice.

  Allow it to participate in your life".

  The only reason it screams at you for attention is because it is a part of you that you are neglecting.

  And it wants, and deserves to be validated.

  Just like you validate the morally superior pars of you.

  It is important to play with the child

  And when you do, the child pays you back a thousand fold.
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  RJK August 18, 2013 at 5:09am

  Thank you Peter --

  Quote: 'The addiction is the pained voice within that compels you to take part in the behaviour.'
  
  
  

  Yes ... This is what the poem is about .. Blessings ... RJK
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  Peter Panayiotis Karanikas August 18, 2013 at 2:22am

  Perhaps the biggest problem faced in dealing with addictions is understanding what the addiction actually is.

  Contrary to popular belief, the addiction is not the behaviour.

  it is not the substance you take.

  Or the food you eat.

  Or the air you breathe.

  Or the time you spend working in a job you hate.

  Or the relentless exercise you do.

  Or.......

  These are all symptomatic responses to the addiction.

  The addiction is the pained voice within that compels you to take part in the behaviour.

  An insatiable hunger if you will.

  Take smoking for example.

  Nicotine is a neural anaesthetic.

  If you could freeze the moment in time where the decision is made to have a cigarette, you'd notice a feeling in the belly akin to hunger.

  when it becomes uncomfortable enough, you have a cigarette, and  the hunger is gone.

  temporarily at least.

  And then, Inspired by caring, public opinion, the smoker decides to give up smoking for the good of their health.

  The now ex smoker feels awfully proud of their effort.

  Until two months later, they look in the mirror and realize they've replaced cigarettes with muffin tops.

  And we all do this in one form or another.

  we replace one "addiction:" after another over the course of our lives.

  Always looking for a quick fix to the root cause of our addiction.

  The frightened, hungry voice in the belly that can never be satisfied.

  What we do however is find more socially acceptable addictions that are healthiwr for us because they don't carry the guilted weight pf public disapproval.

  Even eating food is in response to an  addiction.

  The voice in the belly hollers, and we seek to silence it with food.

  We so often do this with our babies.

  They cry, in need of whatever the need, 

  And because we're so preoccupied we  stick a bottle of milk in their mouth.

  \never stopping to take the time to recognize what that baby truly needs.

  all that matters is that we silence them as quickly as possible.

  Because their crying reminds us of our own addiction.

  And so the child grows up and learns that food is the solution to its pains.

  Instead of love.

  for all those who are critical of addicts, I'd pose this challenge to you.

  Next time you feel hungry, go outside and sungaze.

  Over the course of the next few months your addiction to food will evaporate.

  Or to anyone who practices breathing through the nose and mouth,

  do something about that addiction.

  Learn to breathe through your skin.

  You only breathe because the hungry voice, ego, tells you to.

  Or if you're going to work because of a fear of not having money,

  Leave your job.

  And start practicing co creation.

  And if you aren't able to give up eating or breathing, or working that's ok.

  Just be greatful that your addiction doesn't compromise your life too much.

  and be aware that you are treading the fine line where a slight push can change that.

  If you care so much about people that have destructive addictions, don't make it worse for them by claiming the moral high ground.

  Because no one likes a hippcrite.

  And the universe teaches compassion through humility.
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  Drome February 4, 2011 at 9:28am

  Haha, Addiction!

  I have had duplicates of you in me, and removed already a lot of them!

  The battle continues, you are a parasite and need to be removed!