Author: Mike Mather
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Wishing Love and Recovery From Addiction
What is the wish for others to be happy and free from suffering? This love can be developed through meditation, leading to benefits such as enlightenment, protection from harm, and mental happiness. Discover the importance of renunciation in the spiritual journey.
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Alcoholics: Meditate Like Your Life Depends On It
The practice of concentration is not a one-time fix for alcoholism, but rather a lifelong journey of self-discovery and self-improvement. It requires dedication, patience, and discipline.
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HOW. AA’s Fourth Step and The Higher Trainings
Both Buddhist philosophy and the Fourth Step of Alcoholics Anonymous emphasize the importance of introspection, the willingness to face one’s flaws, and the importance of forgiveness
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AAA—Attitude, Altruism, and Attention in Alcoholism
In the beginning…When Dharmaholic began, several years ago, it was built on the 6A formula that I dreamed one weekend. It is still a simple mnemonic for virtuous action in alcoholic recovery.The Six A’s stand forAwarenessAcceptanceActionAttitudeAltruismAttentionFollowing on from our initial breakthrough of cessation, longer-term sobriety and a changed lifestyle requires new attitudes and actions, don’t…
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Medication and Meditation
What’s The Use?The purpose of the 5th Lamrim meditation is to encourage us to lead a virtuous life and purify our past non-virtuous actions. By doing so, we can take human rebirths in the future that possess both physical and mental freedoms and endowments required for studying and practising Dharma. Here, freedom means not only freedom…
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The Loveliest Thing About Humans and Other Addicts—They Can Change
Addiction, selfishness, and being human are all the same – it’s just a matter of degrees. The need to transform our mind from thinking about oneself to thinking about others is crucial.