Addiction.
A lot of harm is done by the use and content given to this word. Today's snake wants to break it down for you and explain what is happening. As magical, mystical and spiritual that we are or may want to be, we cannot ever deny our earthliness, we are animals living in a planet. Contrary to what has been mistaught, the animal, earthly part of us is not against or a dichotomy of our sky, spiritual side. If you believe it so, then it will be, hence the mind guiding the body. But let me teach that right. The biological animal impulses are not something that you must suppress, control or dominate in order to achieve a betterment of life and spirit. Not being dominated by them is one thing, but ignoring them completely is another. Deep down the body knows better, it is always trying to find homeostasis, it is always trying to help and support the process of you and your soul. They are one and connected, not separate and opposite.
The problem is not the body, it's the system we are living in and the education we are given and practice. We are so blindly diluted in a consumerist worldview, we don't even notice it. All spiritual teachings and messages have been diluted too to serve this only paradigm. All famous, known, successful gurus are working for the same model. Through Buddhism for example, we get the shallow teaching, impression or misled to the idea that joy and pleasure are to be avoided, that we must learn to master the art of being without. In an isolated example this is true and helpful, as a training, but we can get stuck here and become severely addicted to a stagnation that allows for no joy or fulfillment, a life that is void of experiences and accomplishments, because it's the only way to stay balanced.
Let's go the snake way. We are hunters and we must hunt. We will and must hunt for food, shelter, and once we get that, better food, better shelter, sexual partners, and so forth. Once we get there, we will continue growing, we will hunt for wisdom, we will begin the ascent of the feathered serpent. Here we find water and fire, the storm, rain, the sun and the rest of the teachings. We become of service to others. We are on the quest to support and build a human society that is more in balance, healthier and wealthier. The snake is there and always will be, wanting more. As long as we are hunting what is right, a sincere betterment, then we should stay balanced. The problem comes when we replace a sincere search for a false reward. When we do things just for pleasure, or for the avoidance of it, without there being no tangible benefit for someone, is when we get into what the modern world calls addiction.
Our natural, inner snake and reptile consciousness knows well that it must achieve things. If you are not creating something, if you are not being creative, if you are not evolving as a feathered snake would, then you seek out reward with substances, things, people, spaces, meditations or whatever it is that makes you feel good. In a world where spiritual evolution has become so difficult, so divorced from physical, social evolution, where we are still so far from seeing the wars and the destruction end, it is easy to become disillusioned and to retract to a belief system that does not allow an imagination that can bring the creations and grant you the creativity to contribute to solving these problems. In your mind this may work well, it fits in with the exterior and will find great confirmation from all niches of society. You retract to a "realistic" creation that deep down you know it does not solve anything, it just brings some type of temporary reward. Whatever it is you are doing, inside still boils the fire of I want better, I am better, this world could be so much better. Here's where the drinks, smokes, pills, books or the mantras, ayahuaskas and fasts come in to try to put the fire out. That fire needs to be controlled, what would happen if it burnt you?
Addiction.
A lot of harm is done by the use and content given to this word. Today's snake wants to break it down for you and explain what is happening. As magical, mystical and spiritual that we are or may want to be, we cannot ever deny our earthliness, we are animals living in a planet. Contrary to what has been mistaught, the animal, earthly part of us is not against or a dichotomy of our sky, spiritual side. If you believe it so, then it will be, hence the mind guiding the body. But let me teach that right. The biological animal impulses are not something that you must suppress, control or dominate in order to achieve a betterment of life and spirit. Not being dominated by them is one thing, but ignoring them completely is another. Deep down the body knows better, it is always trying to find homeostasis, it is always trying to help and support the process of you and your soul. They are one and connected, not separate and opposite.
The problem is not the body, it's the system we are living in and the education we are given and practice. We are so blindly diluted in a consumerist worldview, we don't even notice it. All spiritual teachings and messages have been diluted too to serve this only paradigm. All famous, known, successful gurus are working for the same model. Through Buddhism for example, we get the shallow teaching, impression or misled to the idea that joy and pleasure are to be avoided, that we must learn to master the art of being without. In an isolated example this is true and helpful, as a training, but we can get stuck here and become severely addicted to a stagnation that allows for no joy or fulfillment, a life that is void of experiences and accomplishments, because it's the only way to stay balanced.
Let's go the snake way. We are hunters and we must hunt. We will and must hunt for food, shelter, and once we get that, better food, better shelter, sexual partners, and so forth. Once we get there, we will continue growing, we will hunt for wisdom, we will begin the ascent of the feathered serpent. Here we find water and fire, the storm, rain, the sun and the rest of the teachings. We become of service to others. We are on the quest to support and build a human society that is more in balance, healthier and wealthier. The snake is there and always will be, wanting more. As long as we are hunting what is right, a sincere betterment, then we should stay balanced. The problem comes when we replace a sincere search for a false reward. When we do things just for pleasure, or for the avoidance of it, without there being no tangible benefit for someone, is when we get into what the modern world calls addiction.
Our natural, inner snake and reptile consciousness knows well that it must achieve things. If you are not creating something, if you are not being creative, if you are not evolving as a feathered snake would, then you seek out reward with substances, things, people, spaces, meditations or whatever it is that makes you feel good. In a world where spiritual evolution has become so difficult, so divorced from physical, social evolution, where we are still so far from seeing the wars and the destruction end, it is easy to become disillusioned and to retract to a belief system that does not allow an imagination that can bring the creations and grant you the creativity to contribute to solving these problems. In your mind this may work well, it fits in with the exterior and will find great confirmation from all niches of society. You retract to a "realistic" creation that deep down you know it does not solve anything, it just brings some type of temporary reward. Whatever it is you are doing, inside still boils the fire of I want better, I am better, this world could be so much better. Here's where the drinks, smokes, pills, books or the mantras, ayahuaskas and fasts come in to try to put the fire out. That fire needs to be controlled, what would happen if it burnt you?
