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So this is part two of our series from the archives on Desire and Addiction.

There's a quote from the author Willicather. She says,

There is only one big thing, desire, and before it, when it is big, all is little.

A Buddhist monk and scholar Walpole, Rahula, talks about desire as a tremendous force that moves whole lives, that even moves the whole world. This is the greatest force, the greatest

energy in the world. Oscar Wilde, I can resist anything but temptation. And this is Rita Redner. She says I love to shop after a bad

relationship. I don't know I buy a new outfit and it really makes me feel better.

It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit. I'll break up with someone on purpose

So it's important to be light. We all know the force of wanting, of unhealthy desire.

And you know, from the Garden of Eden on, most mainstream religions teach about the power and

the dangers of desire. in a way often that feeds self-mis trust and for many

brings up a lot of shame and aversion towards natural longings.

So as I mentioned most of us have some form of addiction might be to consuming too much of a certain kind of drug or

alcohol or food or internet, sex, shopping, certainly

compulsive thinking. The list goes on. The most crucial element in

freeing ourselves from addiction is attitude.

Do we regard the addiction with shame and self-blame?

Or can we love ourselves into healing? And we keep in mind that love is

wise, love is courageous, it's not soft and indulgent. Brother love makes us brave enough to step beyond the behaviors that imprison us.

Love inspires us to live from the fullness of who we are.

So my hope is that wherever you're encountering the force of

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