12-04-2017, 12:00 AM
Le_Regard wrote:
rosygyro wrote:
I think with things like addiction it is the same as power plants or poisons.
these things have a unilateral effect on all people who imbibe them.
as such you are binding yourself in addiction to millions of other people through
the quality of the substance you share.
because the basic change of the human assemblage is a gargantuan challenge
the binding also atatches you to a more generic and less personal form of assemblage fixation
meaning you are in a philosophical battle on behalf of millions of people by default.
so even for a powerfull sorcerer addictive chemicals will still be very advanced practice to control.
if you simply choose to not be addicted then it is an immediate failing in terms of intelligent co-operation.
I mysef have a horrible tobacco atatchment and could only limit it by finding a job within which i couldnt smoke.
as millions of people also share that situation.
so in summary- you take your addiction and the recognition that million share it.. and then you take another quality millions of people share and choose to cultivate that quality so as to shift focus..
NOT simply try to remove yourself from the influence of the drug.
not saying its the magical cure.. but it is a practical set of steps if you want to slide out of the frame into another.
The horrible truth is there are whales that want to swallow you. The even more horrible truth is that getting free is relatively easy and being swallowed isn't always so bad, but there I go again...
Let me just say I've noticed a general trend so far that most people here seem to think that anything that binds you to other people is A BAD THING, oh my god, freedom freedom freedom. But I've chosen which people I want to be in "a philosophical battle on behalf of", as rosy said it, and it's working out ok for me so far.
it has worked out ok for me too. Without those adversaries evolution is impossible. As one grows in strength, so must the other. Those who adapt survive. There is no good or evil, as Tay Tay points out in her bio, we are each a combination of light and dark. We are each a continuum of everything possible.
If we are not friends, we are at least survivors having to endure the existence of the other. At least there's good banter and a decent understanding of one another. I guess it could be worse. I mean, at the moment I can't imagine what would be worse, but I'm sure worse is out there.
rosygyro wrote:
I think with things like addiction it is the same as power plants or poisons.
these things have a unilateral effect on all people who imbibe them.
as such you are binding yourself in addiction to millions of other people through
the quality of the substance you share.
because the basic change of the human assemblage is a gargantuan challenge
the binding also atatches you to a more generic and less personal form of assemblage fixation
meaning you are in a philosophical battle on behalf of millions of people by default.
so even for a powerfull sorcerer addictive chemicals will still be very advanced practice to control.
if you simply choose to not be addicted then it is an immediate failing in terms of intelligent co-operation.
I mysef have a horrible tobacco atatchment and could only limit it by finding a job within which i couldnt smoke.
as millions of people also share that situation.
so in summary- you take your addiction and the recognition that million share it.. and then you take another quality millions of people share and choose to cultivate that quality so as to shift focus..
NOT simply try to remove yourself from the influence of the drug.
not saying its the magical cure.. but it is a practical set of steps if you want to slide out of the frame into another.
The horrible truth is there are whales that want to swallow you. The even more horrible truth is that getting free is relatively easy and being swallowed isn't always so bad, but there I go again...
Let me just say I've noticed a general trend so far that most people here seem to think that anything that binds you to other people is A BAD THING, oh my god, freedom freedom freedom. But I've chosen which people I want to be in "a philosophical battle on behalf of", as rosy said it, and it's working out ok for me so far.
it has worked out ok for me too. Without those adversaries evolution is impossible. As one grows in strength, so must the other. Those who adapt survive. There is no good or evil, as Tay Tay points out in her bio, we are each a combination of light and dark. We are each a continuum of everything possible. If we are not friends, we are at least survivors having to endure the existence of the other. At least there's good banter and a decent understanding of one another. I guess it could be worse. I mean, at the moment I can't imagine what would be worse, but I'm sure worse is out there.