\u201cYour children are not your children.
\nThey are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
\nThey come through you but not from you,
\nAnd though they are with you yet they belong not to you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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My thoughts today are on\u00a0the drug-related death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.\u00a0 Much has been said by media and fans as well as others who are comfortable expressing their comments in media articles.\u00a0 The expressions are as wide and diverse as you would imagine on this very difficult-to-understand topic.![\"philip](\"http:\/\/www.theglobalconversation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/philip-seymour-hoffman-225x300.jpg\")
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There are those who say we should sympathize with Philip\u2019s losing battle with addiction and those who say fooey on addiction, he was a degenerate druggie who got what he deserved. Whatever your take on this is, I feel it is important to dialogue about it.\u00a0 The thing I notice is that for every opinion, there seems to be a lack of willingness to expand our individual perspective about drugs and addiction.<\/p>\n
I get that drug use is not easy for the non-user to understand.\u00a0 I don\u2019t ask those people to offer up any sympathy or expect any helping hand from them.\u00a0 But why is the judgment and condemnation necessary?\u00a0 Why make it personal?\u00a0 What is it that causes someone who believes that addicts are just morally corrupt degenerates to stoop to name-calling and viciousness?<\/p>\n
These very same people who look down on the heroin user may have more sympathy for an alcoholic or person who smokes cigarettes.\u00a0 There is literally no difference. More people die today from prescription drug overdoses than of illegal narcotics.\u00a0 Alcohol is the single most offensive chemical to the human race, and it is legal!<\/p>\n
Just to remind you, CwG Book 1,<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if you\u2019ve ever taken alcohol into your body, you have very little will to live. The body was not meant to intake alcohol. It impairs the mind.\u201d \u00a0<\/i>Alcohol, prescription or illegal drugs (yes, pot included.)\u00a0 God, although with no judgment, clearly tells us the path to self-awareness is through keeping a clear and unimpaired mind.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It is my vision that someday our best chances for ridding humanity from the scourge of addiction will be the understanding of the root cause of addiction.<\/p>\n
I believe that the book Communion with God<\/i> could offer us the way to make my vision a reality.\u00a0 When our children are gently guided to their own truths instead of us ushering down the data that was passed down to us by our elders, maybe then we can start making some inroads.<\/p>\n
Genetics seems to play some role in addiction, as does environment and the sheer addictiveness of some drugs. But what is really going on is that the majority of humans have no understanding of who they are, what they are here for, or where we are from.\u00a0 We have made it up that we are here to learn something, or to do something.\u00a0 But what is always missing is the part where we BE something.\u00a0\u00a0 Most people never even hear this concept.<\/p>\n
I take the road of weeping the drug-related death of Mr. Hoffman.\u00a0 I believe that he chose this departure time and method. Not because he was selfish, or uncaring.\u00a0 He chose this because humanity needed the exposure that he could give to the disease of addiction.\u00a0 Some say, \u201cHow could he leave those 3 children behind without a father?\u201d \u00a0I can see how they would say that, from the limited perspective of the mind; yet the soul knows the bigger picture. The soul understands that time is only a construct of the human condition.\u00a0 I also believe that the co-creation cannot be understood by the mind.<\/p>\n
The human mind looks at someone who is sad and sees something \u201cwrong.\u201d\u00a0 The Soul looks at sadness with joy, for it is truly the physical expression for love.\u00a0 Yes, some will carry painful baggage away from this human event. Yet others will carry life experience away that otherwise could not have been had.<\/p>\n
I am going to close this blog with food for thought.\u00a0 The following conversation from CwG, Book 2, caused me to think deeply about events that occur and what they may mean to me and society as a whole.\u00a0 I would really enjoy having a dialogue about this:<\/p>\n
\u201cGod:\u00a0 There is only one of you, but you are much larger than you think!<\/i><\/p>\n
Neale:\u00a0 So when the \u201cme\u201d that exists now\u201d changes something he doesn\u2019t like about his \u201cfuture,\u201d the \u201cme\u201d that exists in the \u201cfuture\u201d no longer has that as part of his experience?<\/i><\/p>\n
God:\u00a0 Essentially yes. The whole mosaic changes. But he never loses the experience he\u2019s given himself. He\u2019s just relieved and happy that \u201cyou\u201d don\u2019t have to go through that.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
(Kevin McCormack, C.A.d ,is a certified addictions professional and auriculotherapist. \u00a0He is a recovering addict with 26 years of sobriety. Kevin is a practicing auriculotherapist, recovery coach, and interventionist\u00a0specializing\u00a0in individual and family recovery. \u00a0Kevin has a passion for holistic living, personal awareness training, and physical meditation. You can visit his website<\/i>\u00a0Life<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0After Addicton<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0for more information.<\/i>\u00a0To connect with Kevin, please email him at\u00a0<\/i>Kevin@TheGlobalConversation.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/i><\/p>\n
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