Paralyzing Effects Of Addictions

I think we live in a world of addictions. While I had addictions that were pretty obvious such as drinking and smoking, there are also many people in the world who are addicted to negative thinking, feelings, behaviour and words.

These addictions are acceptable in society because everyone does it! But if we were honest with ourselves we can see quite clearly how our own addictive negative thoughts can be so destructive to ourselves and to others around us.

How many times have you had a negative thought about yourself, about others or about situations today? How often have you been paralyzed by your own negativity?

According to Dr Joshua Stone, the author of Soul Psychology, he said we live in a world of hypnosis. And in order to become Masters of our lives, we need to move out of this hypnosis by working on improving our psychological immune system. As many of you may know, Dr Stone was one of my heroes. He taught me through his books and through his personal emails the importance of moving out of mass hypnosis.

Every day, it is a new day to seek out areas in my own mind and life to observe how much I am still operating from mass hypnosis. Exercising discipline so as not to get caught in mass thinking/behaviour is something that must be practiced daily.

Even though I have stopped my destructive habits, my focus is still on moving out of the addiction of mass hypnosis.

© 2008 Shamala Tan

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