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To: Maelstorm
This is an example of an author writing about something that is beyond their comprehension, thus their limited perspective from outside the experience misses the point.

For example, take the concept of addiction. Although the twelve step process has helped many, many people and is an excellent program, I disagree with their contention that “Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic!” Neither attachment to alcohol, nor aversion to alcohol is a good thing. In the twelfth step, through ones spiritual growth, they fill the void that created the attachment with Divine Love, that person is no longer an addict. Whether one is drawn toward something or pushing off that same something, they are still attached to it.

To the Buddhist, awakening to the Spirit creates “non-attachment.” To the Christian, it is the “dying daily” concept that Paul spoke of that allows the Holy Spirit” to enter. When a person is connected to the Divine, attachment of the Soul is on the vertical axis and not the horizontal axis, thus there are no opposites. It is the perfect union. The strength comes from above, not from attachment to or aversion from the physical things around us. This, the author of the “Psychology Today” article does not understand.

Remember, money is not evil, but attachment to it(love of) is.

9 posted on 07/27/2010 12:39:18 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired

I guess you could call the author’s words “psycho-babble.”


10 posted on 07/27/2010 12:41:26 AM PDT by tired&retired
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