Internet Rehab

[Stoniphi]

That kind of thinking just ties one up in knots.

No.

That kind of thinking leads one to recognize that one may have a problem that needs addressing rather than running around wildly pointing fingers at different things shouting that they are the problem.

Obfuscation solves nothing, it just moves the perceived problem around rather than looking directly at it and dealing with it. Best to go right to the heart of the matter and go to work on it IMHO.

[wynn]

As Jello Biafra says, it is not that the substance/activity or whatever is addictive, it is that the person is an addict. A heroin junkie can morph to a crack head can morph to a meth head can morph to an over-eater can morph to a religious extremest.

IOW, you're saying that the person is the problem.
Like Lucy thinks that Charlie Brown's problem is that he is himself, Charlie Brown.

And then come the Stalinists and conclude that the solution is No man, no problem.

[Stoniphi]

The person has a problem if the person believes they have a problem, though others may or may not agree.

[wynn]

So much for self-appointed gurus, teachers and doctors!

[Gustav]

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do i need rehab?

[Stoniphi]

If you believe that you do, Gustav.

Apology accepted, wynn.

[wynn]

Apology accepted, wynn.

No, you owe me at least one.

[wynn]

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do i need rehab?

Do you feel addicted? Do you feel like you are trying to satisfy a need that nothing seems to satisfy?




There is a time and place in which the soul begins to seek a path of return to its lost home, and, finding the way blocked or invisible, yearns once again for the sense of peace and love that it remembers as having been part of its deepest longing. In that moment of time, when the soul turns toward the sun of its longing seeking remembrance and reunion, seeking the sense of peace and completion that it believes is possible, a significant step toward the light of Spirit is taken and the soul will never be the same again. At the same time, if the yearning for home is not realized by fulfillment, if the spiritual longing finds, instead, an emptiness of heart and a lack of response to its prayer for reunion, it can become disconsolate and greatly sorrowful, so much so that it gives up that which it has set its heart upon, and instead turns to other means by which to fulfill its desire for peace and for the essence of tranquility which can only be produced by the light.

These are the conditions under which addictive processes take place within the human psyche. They emerge from the condition of perceived separation from one's point of origin and spiritual home, and arise when the deeper longing of the soul still struggling to emerge within the human self, seeks its way back to the point of its Source and origin. They do not arise before this, because before this the embodied soul is fully engaged with life on the material plane. It is engaged both from the standpoint of seeking mastery and a sense of physical comfort and fulfillment, and in the sense of fascination with the many arenas of earthly learning and pleasure that are both sensory and spiritual - though the latter quality may be unknown to the self that pursues them. When the soul begins to find these pleasures and this mastery no longer sufficient to quiet the yearning that grows within the heart and the deeper levels of being, then the soul begins to lose hope that the life of the physical plane will be able to grant the satisfaction that it longs for. Instead, it may seek a substitute gratification that it hopes will steadfastly and surely be able to grant the kind of peace and soul-fulfillment that is desired.

Fundamentally, turning toward addiction is a spiritual act. However much it may be fueled by conditions of poverty, need, emotional instability, immaturity, or any other psychological variable, the replacement of the soul's yearning for completion and peace with a substitute is an act of spiritual seeking that has taken a turn away from its true destination toward an alternative destination. This is an act that is both an effort to resolve a spiritual dilemma, as well as an effort to grant immediate release from the pain of having to wait for a more authentic source of realization.


Source

[Stoniphi]

No, you owe me at least one.

Our choice of attachments brings pain into our lives. (2nd noble truth)

We can control our choice of attachment. (3rd noble truth)

[wynn]

I know, I know. You are on the level of the Buddha, you know exactly what the Buddha knew. Yes.

[Stoniphi]

We are all the Buddha, we can all know what he knew, that is what we call "enlightenment".

[wordgood]

Rabaisbatterie.fr What I found most intriguing was that people are willing to buy virtual applications with REAL money in order to better participate in some of the games. Now that struck me as quite unusual.
Not a song, a movie or some tangible item, but a virtual toy to use in a virtual game that they are willing to use real time spent earning the money to obtain.

[ilija]

If they don't have self control in their internet use, how are they gonna control anything in their lives, my opinion is that people are getting more stupid by day, and this clinic supports my opinion

[anky2930]

In my opinion there is nothing like internet addiction and this problem can be easily solved by mutual understanding.

[wynn]

In my opinion there is nothing like internet addiction and this problem can be easily solved by mutual understanding.

Do tell more about this solution by mutual understanding!

What does it entail? How is it applied?