Hey it's Leo for actualized.org and in this episode I'm going to be talking about overcoming

subtle addictions aren't even considered addictions.

Addictions are bogging you down, taking up all your time so you have no room left for personal development work. That becomes a big problem.

In this episode what I want to do is I want to help you to draw a distinction between gross and subtle addictions. Now I released an episode in the past called

overcoming addiction which talks mostly about gross addictions, the stuff that we would

conventionally think of as addictions, bad stuff the bad habits and I talk about some of the root causes of that and some solutions

So definitely check that out. That's a foundational episode.

Here we're going to do like a part two and now we're going to get into the more tricky and the more subtle stuff which is still very important because you need to free up room so that you can do all the other work

like meditation, journaling, contemplation, self-enquiry, and all that other good stuff

to actually get the results from self-factquiry and all that other good stuff to actually get the results from

self-factualization that you want to see. But first let's ask the question what is

an addiction? It's something that you do repeatedly which has negative consequences, which leads to over-consumption and feelings of low consciousness, dirtiness, guilt, and regret.

It's painful to stop doing it because it creates withdrawal symptoms and cravings.

And then this activity becomes like a crutch, which gets you stuck in this loop that you can't stop.

And this loop is an escape from legitimate suffering and growth,

which is why we need to focus on addiction so much. suffering and

growth, which is why we need to focus on addiction so much here.

And it reduces your freedom and your ability to become aware.

And awareness is really the key to all growth.

So you can see how this addiction, all these addictions,

whether the gross ones are subtle ones,

they're like ropes tying your hands behind your back and then you can't really

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