Buddhism and the addictions
Buddhism and the addictions
We know how much drugs (cigarettes, alcohol, intoxicants) harm our bodies, hurt them, even often make us look ridiculous.
When we try to limit, or stop these addictions, we often fail because our body (and/or mind) is addicted, kind of like the devil's advocate, we know about the harmfulness of drugs, but still we have to consume them.
So most of the time we can't stop our bad habits, the addiction has a firm grip on us.
To fight an addiction, we need to come to ourselves for some time, calm down and center ourselves.
This can be a form of meditation, another type of exercise, working on ourselves and our bodies (and minds).
So the important thing in fighting an addiction is that the moment of overcoming it comes, in five minutes things can look very different.
With "enlightenment" it is similar, we have to come to ourselves. We don't have to come to us forever, only in this moment, in the "here and now", later may be too late.
A miracle can start with a small idea, a different worldview can come from a short moment, whole continents are changed by thoughts, so also a short thought can help to "defeat" the addiction forever, or to "keep" it forever.
Everything depends on our thinking, if we think that "to stop smoking" is so difficult, then it will not happen, if we think that we have also made the decision to start in five seconds, then, yes then, we can also decide to stop again in five seconds.
Even a huge tree grew from a small seed, so "just do it"!
QUITTING SMOKING IS EASY AS PIE. I HAVE DONE IT A HUNDRED TIMES
- MARK TWAIN - AMERICAN WRITER - 1835 TO 1910
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