Addictions

Buddhism is founded upon what Siddhartha Gautama realized were the four noble truths of human existence.  I want to take those four noble truths and apply them specifically to addiction.  I have considered writing an e-book on this very topic, deepening what I am going to write here.  I’m just going to briefly touch on [...]

Last week I wrote about change and how we need to take action in order to change.  Sometimes change is also in how we see the world, think about ourselves, treat ourselves mentally and emotionally, and other internal psychological aspects to who we are. Whether we are trying to change something where we can take [...]

In a brief addendum to my last post on Addiction is Good For you, I would like to share a quote from Rollo May (1977) in his book, The Meaning of Anxiety.  This quote in one way helps to illustrate the usefulness of addiction in people’s lives.  The addiction helps to actualize the self and [...]

Peace is found, not through repressing experience, but through acceptance of whatever comes up. (Thomas Bien in his book Mindful Therapy). Most of us struggle with this concept. You might be thinking, “why would I want to accept the negative and painful feelings that come up?” Accepting and validating our own internal experience is the [...]