As the Alien retreats I have been thinking more about the nature of reality. I came to Buddhism through particle physics. I was fascinated by electrons. As I understood it, they are responsible for the way matter is, the way it holds together. When you observe them you see how they add or subtract to their number and move to different vibrational levels according to what they are 'being'. (This was so much more exciting than learning about atoms and the spaces between them - knowing ...
It's been a month since I last wrote. I had been going along wonderfully, no bouts of compulsive over eating, no dramas in my life, only increasing joy and happiness. Being fully aware that 'this too would pass' I still began to let my practice of mindfulness slip, quite a lot. I didn't need it 'cause all was well. Then a drama struck. Not my own - a friend's. In the longer past I would have been quite overwhelmed by their problem and been out trying to fight it for them. ...
After a week of trying very hard to be mindful of the voice in my head and acknowledging that it's not 'me' I have come to discover that my addiction is actually a separate voice in there. I don't hear it. I barely feel it, but it's effects are disastrous. This is like fighting a war. Therefore it is going to take a lot of small battles to eventually win through. It will also take strategy. How do you fight an invisible, inaudible enemy? WITH DHAMMA?Step 1 : more/different ...
I have an addiction to food. I am an compulsive overeater. I have sought help from many places for very many years including the areas of self development and spirituality. Whilst writing out my thoughts in order to try and make sense of them I finally recognised that there was a voice in my head which was completely separate from "me". The more I observed it the more I realised that I had no control over it. I likened it to an Alien that had taken over my body! ...
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