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Fri, Apr 25, 2014 08:02:24 AM


℘ the empathy of recovery gives me a clean, clear window ℘
posted: Fri, Apr 25, 2014 08:02:24 AM

 

through which to view, experience, and appreciate reality as it is. reality is for suckers and those who cannot handle drugs. yes i can see the extreme irony in that statement, especially for one such as me, an addict without a clue, at least way back when. my point being, that once upon a time, there was denial, there was derision and there was certainly enough manipulation of reality that to say the least, i was confused.
today? well i like to think i can live in the real world. i certainly lack the desire to use substances to escape the world, and you know what, a lot of getting high was just that, a vacation from reality. i am not saying that my life was so heinous and onerous that i NEEDED to escape, but i certainly had the strong desire to escape, each and every day, into a place that was fuzzy and yes in some sense quite warm and comforting. too bad, all of that never lasted beyond the twenty minutes of a real good dose. there are certainly times today, where a quick dip back into the chemically induced spiritual coma of using, may appear to be a good idea, and perhaps, if i was a member of the other 85%, i could do so. on the other hand, if i was a member of that other 85%, i would not think, that would be such a good idea.
anyhow, this is just a quickie this morning, as i need to get rolling out, into the real world after all. life in reality? well it is just that, life in reality, one day at a time, and today is a day that i need to get to work.

∞ DT ∞

 

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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 1

2) The unwrought material, when divided and distributed, forms vessels.
The sage, when employed, becomes the Head of all the Officers (of
government); and in his greatest regulations he employs no violent
measures.