Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions
Drink and drugs are sins against the soul because they paralyze the will, without which soul-realization and salvation are impossible.
Paramahansa Yogananda • Man’s Eternal Quest: Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life – Volume 1
Addiction is in all of us. This argument has come to matter a great deal to me. The reason I care about it is that when I truly felt this notion in my bones, reading accounts of addiction and recovery from across history, it was profoundly reassuring and comforting. As I write at more length in the book, I developed a sense of fellowship with all t... See more
Toward a Unified Field Theory of Human Flourishing
I am convinced that some people are driven to addictions to quiet their constant inner critic, but it only gives them another thing to hate about themselves. What a vicious cycle! Moral scrutiny is not to discover how good or bad we are and regain some moral high ground, but to begin some honest “shadowboxing” which is at the heart of all spiritual... See more
