Guest guest Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 Dear KY Group, Oh I forgot to say that in my personal view, our Master YB had the most succinct term for addiction as habituation (which I presume was his term). Now this term really levels the playing field as it were, removes biases, and also adequately describes the development and onset of any 'addiction', as far as we can know without speculative theory. All best wishes, Suhknivas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Habituation refers only to " psychological dependence on a drug after a period of use " not physical dependency, which is a key part of most addictions. Kundalini-Yoga , " twentytwotaro " <22taro wrote: > > Dear KY Group, > Oh I forgot to say that in my personal view, our Master YB had the most succinct term for addiction as habituation (which I presume was his term). Now this term really levels the playing field as it were, removes biases, and also adequately describes the development and onset of any 'addiction', as far as we can know without speculative theory. > All best wishes, > Suhknivas > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 So what you are saying is that addiction to cannabis which science claims is only Psychological is a Habituation, whereas cocaine or coffee is an addiction. This makes no sense. Kundalini-Yoga , " dharam_khalsa " <dharam_khalsa wrote: > > Habituation refers only to " psychological dependence on a drug after a period of use " not physical dependency, which is a key part of most addictions. > > > > Kundalini-Yoga , " twentytwotaro " <22taro@> wrote: > > > > Dear KY Group, > > Oh I forgot to say that in my personal view, our Master YB had the most succinct term for addiction as habituation (which I presume was his term). Now this term really levels the playing field as it were, removes biases, and also adequately describes the development and onset of any 'addiction', as far as we can know without speculative theory. > > All best wishes, > > Suhknivas > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Kundalini-Yoga , " twentytwotaro " <22taro wrote: > > So what you are saying is that addiction to cannabis which science claims is only Psychological is a Habituation, whereas cocaine or coffee is an addiction. This makes no sense. Sat Nam, Hey don't be messing with my girlfriend Mary Jane! Seriously, science claims what? That's some ancient " science " you are referring to -- which was never correct for starters. Cannabis creates a very strong physical addiction. There's plenty of science to back that up. It's both physically addictive, AND it has very strong psychological components too. -FS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Whoops... rereading that post - didn't quite come out as humorous as I wanted it to! Apologies if the tone came off un-gracefully. Peace & Love-FS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Sat Nam, Hello, my name is Fateh Singh, and I am a marajuana addict. That's how an MA (Marajuana Anonymous) meeting usually starts. Now, I don't want to be fanatical... since I am replying to myself here... (and that's already a little weird), but I thought that my response from the other day was very telling, for me, personally. Coming from a background of pot smoking, and finally shedding it through many attempts - and mainly through my dedication to Kundalini - it is easy to forgot how recently I was spending much of my days high, wasting away my life. So... it's pretty normal, I think, to get defensive about how addictive pot really can be. It's also natural that I have all sorts of cobwebs (neural, emotional, physical) tied up in my personality relating to pot. If anything, I think when we talk about addiction, ALL addictions are habitual. But if it takes 40 days to make or break a habit, it can take more than that to break an addiction... In fact, for most people, accepting that the addiction is never really gone is the first step towards a way to overcome it. We just take one day at a time, just like we do our sadhana, to make it though the day, and be successful. But are all habits addictions? I don't think so. I believe if you can form a new habit... a good habit... through dedication you can train your mind and overcome it and say... well, I know you didn't like this, but this is here to stay... and eventually, the mind succumbs. Perhaps if you don't do you sadhana and you start to feel ill, or bad, then you can say that well... here's a physical reaction to not doing my habitual behavior, so therefore, I am addicted to sadhana. It's just harder to think of addiction in that way because I believe addiction refers more to the breakdown, or entropic qualities of a behavioral pattern and physical need. Eventually, we all get older and die, just as all things eventually crumble to dust... But we do sadhana and form positive habits to build ourselves up and fight he daily wear and tear of life. So, build good habits... overcome the mind... and may your positive actions someday become your positive addictions! Sat Nam > Wah Hey Guru Fateh Singh Kundalini-Yoga , " fatehsingh_nyc " <filipfilip wrote: > > Kundalini-Yoga , " twentytwotaro " <22taro@> wrote: > > > > So what you are saying is that addiction to cannabis which science claims is only Psychological is a Habituation, whereas cocaine or coffee is an addiction. This makes no sense. > > Sat Nam, > > Hey don't be messing with my girlfriend Mary Jane! > > Seriously, science claims what? That's some ancient " science " you are referring to -- which was never correct for starters. Cannabis creates a very strong physical addiction. There's plenty of science to back that up. It's both physically addictive, AND it has very strong psychological components too. > > -FS > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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