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LVII
Addictive & Compulsive Neuroses:
To Hell and Back on the Way to 2DI
Lecture based Questions:
1. Draw or describe one of your helpers.
You have hundreds of helpers and teachers of the angelic and human and nature kingdoms. Choose one now and take a moment to communicate, appreciate, and record your impressions.
2. Is there a common denominator among addictions and compulsions?
Yes, they are both direct reactions to fear and anxiety. Ritual behavior is an attempt to temporarily relieve the stress of dread and fear in the body. After 2DI, this is no longer a problem, except for Seventh Ray Souls, who deal with it as an ongoing challenge until the Fifth Degree of Initiation (5DI).
3. Does everyone experience these neuroses during some lifetimes?
Yes, we all share in the fun. People born under astrological water signs or with strong water aspects can expect to face the challenge of some type of addictive or compulsive tendency. When someone is born in the year of the dragon, this is also a problem to solve. A water sign/dragon combination has some real karmic hurdles to climb. For instance, a Pisces Dragon would face a lifetime of walking a fine line of temperance every day.
4. Are there specific angels who will help us find permanent cures?
The only permanent cure is an angelic or Divine Intervention cure. The Remliel (awakener) Angel sets up the situation for you to see that you need help. The Imli (enlightener) Angel puts a thought form in the Mental Body’s aura. This archetype gives you a vision of the correct way to be well. The Guardian Angel is working on you all of the time. She nags you and nudges you and she networks with various helpers to guide you through your spiritual development. Then there are the Warrior Angels who, if invoked, can clear a path temporarily for you to be from bad influences.
5. Do particular addictions and compulsions have their own unique causes? How long does it take to heal the cycle once it is established?
Yes, for every vice there is a specific trauma that can be traced back as the emotional trigger. For example, alcoholism connects to abandonment; substance abuse connects to a history of physical violence. The healing cycle takes about 10 years to complete after you have become committed to getting well. It is similar to a Saturn return cycle. There is a great poem related to addiction about falling into a hole over and over again, each time getting out with greater success and ease until the hero learns to avoid the hole altogether.
6. How do we permanently free ourselves from addictive personalities?
We can do this when we free ourselves from fear. We eventually learn to objectify our emotions. Meaning, we learn that we are not our emotions. This helps to give us power in our experiences so that the hormones do not rule our behavior and we can act independently and logically while still honoring and respecting the body’s reasons for feeling these feelings.
7. Meditation Exercise: The Way Out Used to Be the Way In (But the Company Is Better Now)
Each physical body has programmed within it a list of possible addictions. Whether or not these become active behaviors depends on the experience and maturity of the Astral Body. Those who succumb to addiction should not feel guilty, but resolved to find the emotional combination to freedom. The process of healing generates much personal power and dedicated persistence of character.
A compulsive neurosis has many layers and intricate emotional elements. Each person’s experience is unique and cannot be compared to another. The only constant is that the journey to wholeness requires an intentional retracing of the steps into the labyrinth. One may ask for much help and guidance. One is only limited by his or her ability to ask and illusions of unworthiness.
• Invoke the Spirit of Truth to guide you and to transcend your illusions.
• With the left hand starting under the Heart Chakra, slowly draw a spiraling labyrinth (from the outside to the inside) on the Solar Plexus. “I know the way to go. I know the way to go. I know the way to go.”
• Imagine yourself standing in the center of the labyrinth. “I don’t want to play with this anymore. Please send angels to bring me home.”
• Feel surrounded by powerful and loving angels. The air is stirred by their pulsating energy fields. Safe and calm, you trust in Divine Possibilities.
• You must walk the entire labyrinth back to the outside, but the angels are with you every step of the way. With your right hand, slowly trace the labyrinth from the inside to the outside. The angels encourage and prod you as you successfully complete the way out. “With Divine Help, I am whole, happy, and right—wherever I am”
• Thank the angels for being there for you.
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Looking for the Meaning of Life in My Navel
After the First Degree of Initiation (1DI), the seeker wants to find some sense of meaning for life on earth. The beacon of pleasure winks at the disciple, and thus begins the journey of enlightenment through hedonism. We all become temporarily entangled in the forest of immediate gratification. After several lifetimes of exchanging one vice for another, the we realize that the physical world does not hold the prize that we want. So marks the end of sensual focus and the beginning of inner discovery. Thereafter, every student of truth must learn to create balance between the body’s appetites and its need for harmony.
Each of us designs a body with challenges and weaknesses that will further our strength of character and understanding of other people. Seventh Ray Souls must deal with these impulses until the 5DI. Astrological water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) and Chinese dragon signs are particularly susceptible to compulsive/addictive behaviors. Strong water aspects in a person’s birth chart also indicate such tendencies. We each have our own journeys of self-knowledge in this regard, and cannot rely on other people to supply the magical solution. However, we must rely on divine intervention and guidance to find the unique answers to each situation. Let yourself invite angels to be with you continually during these types of challenges. The problems begin when we forget to listen to Guardian Angel. They get worse when we rely on ourselves for the revelation. Each neurosis is a soul trek of enlightenment, which can only be resolved through angelic help. There is an important reason for this—we must become aware of the Network of Light, how we function within it, and learn to relate to our elder siblings in the net.
Fear (dread, stress, anxiety, confusion) is the beginning of each addictive/compulsive cycle. The electric crystalline structures of adrenaline energy permeate the body and fill the aura. The body finds relief in acting out learned behaviors. In other words, when the mind does not have an immediate answer to resolve a problem, it resorts to acting out something that it does know how to do.The activity dissipates the adrenaline energy and temporarily alleviates the discomfort. Of course, this does not solve the source of the problem, which is the primary fear. We call this escapist behavior when the conduct does not address the root of uneasiness. Some herbs are helpful to alleviate compulsive symptoms, but should not be used for more than six weeks at a time. They are St. John’s Wort, Dong Quai, Valerian, and Kava Kava.
Seventh Ray Souls face an ongoing challenge unique to their dispositions. Compulsive behaviors are rooted in a cycle of ritual and sequential order—hallmarks of Seventh Ray personalities. People learning through the Seventh Sub-Ray also deal in this issue. It is this self-contained order that makes compulsive behavior soothing in times of apprehension. After an expedition through many lifetimes of inner discovery, the Seventh Ray adjusts the paradigm away from ritual of activity to ritual of thought process. Other Rays pass through the addictive/compulsive adventure at differing levels of intensity and length.
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Can we approach this conundrum at the physical level? Or must we do all the work through thought and prayer? Of course, the answer is that the entire system is integrated on all levels, and all levels must be addressed. Each specific addiction or compulsion has a generic emotional wound that starts the potential for neurosis. We can spend many years in therapy trying to feel peaceful about those traumas, but in the end, the universal conclusion is this—liberation from the fear creates freedom from the neurosis, and balanced harmony in the body creates peacefulness and well-being.
The physical body can sometimes be compared to a thrill ride in a theme park. Hormones take us up and down at amazing speed. This relationship with the body begins with the first lifetime. It is a challenge of the game to harness these powerful chemicals for our success and happiness.
Serotonin and Acetylcholine are the main chemicals that control addictive behavior. There must be a perfect balance in the brain and the other nerve centers for the body to naturally gravitate toward temperance and healthy behavior. Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine), is a hormone and neurotransmitter that stimulates vital organs and helps to constrict blood vessels. We find it in enterochromaffin cells (that live in the digestive system), in red blood cells, in the hypothalamus, and in the midbrain. Serotonin is thought to be involved in theta brain waves. Some types of nerve cells use it as an exchange chemical in their receptors. Most organs respond to serotonin stimulation. The symptoms of too much serotonin are flushed complexion, unstable blood pressure, intestinal cramps, and the oopsies. [Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia] Not enough serotonin creates compulsive-type behaviors. Acetylcholine reverses the electrical polarity of the nerve receptor, causing the nerve message to be transmitted. It is a neurotransmitter in the autonomic nervous system, muscles, heart, and some glands.[Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia] Too much can make a person very irritable and cause erratic, violent behavior. Too little creates low energy and inertia. We wish to achieve balance between these two chemicals and also harmony with the entire rainbow of hormones playing in our bodies. There are several tricks that we can employ to achieve this end.
Trick # 1 is to create emotional space every day. Many people spend every minute pleasing others, chasing after accomplishment, staving off fear, finding entertainment, or avoiding change. Psychological elbowroom is needed to regain a sense of balance, self-knowledge, and physical renewal. Meditation will fulfill this need, but is not required. The space of an hour or two every day to be alone and to rediscover one’s unique rhythm is very beneficial. Sleep also creates Astral space, and is vital to the rhythmic hormonal cycle. Mild exercise for half an hour a day achieves this end also.
Trick # 2 is to turn the focus of one’s concern from self-regard to global consciousness. There is no meaning in instinctive dog-eat-dog behavior. There is only emptiness in feeding the hollow beast. There is no me in success. Personal victory lies in Divine Faith, not in the fear of lack. The payoff is double for focusing on our connectedness and equality. When we share our resources with others, it creates good chi and also imbues us with personal power. Physically, the act of exchanging good will gives rise to endorphins in the brain. The physical body actually rewards itself for good deeds. Our personal need is invariably eclipsed by the greater need of another. We can cease worrying about our own supply and gratification. When we believe that the Infinite Source will always supply us bountifully, so it is done. What we believe is what we receive.
Trick # 3 is food that creates tranquility in the body. Following is a short list of such foods.
JUICE FRUIT PROTEIN, ETC STARCHIES GRAINS CEREALS
Grapefruit Apples Lentil soup Pasta Chana dal Cheerios
Apple Apricots Milk Stoneground w/w bread Bulgur All-Bran
Pineapple Bananas Custard Baby lima beans Long-grain rice Total
Berries Soy milk Beans Pearled barley Special K
Citrus Peanuts Banana bread Wheatabix
Grapes Yogurt Rice cakes
Kiwis Tomato soup Sweet potatoes
Peaches Bran Coarse oatmeal
Pears Chicken
Plums
Watermelon
ALL VEGETABLES, ESPECIALLY
Parsnips Green peas Kale
Carrots Broccoli Collard Greens
Zucchini Cabbage Brussel Sprouts
Turnips Rutabagas
These also prevent free radicals, stabilize blood sugar levels, and increase healing ability.
Barley, soy, yogurt, and the cruciferous vegetables are particularly helpful in greatest overall health and brain function.
Trick # 4 is to create a self-image of well-tempered behavior. This creates an awareness of emotional balance and imbalance that we can adjust on a daily basis. We constantly act to validate our personae. When the paradigm is negative, the behavior will oblige. When the image is positive and well-balanced, the behavior reinforces that goodness. Ideal lives can be had through Astral archetypes of stability without forcing external discipline on ourselves. When we create a strong thought form, the body and mind will fulfill it eventually. A cautious element in one’s disposition is also necessary to remain free from new entrapments. We need to continually monitor for escapist tendencies and step away from them when they arise. Pulling away from a wrong behavior at an early stage prevents karmic damage and builds personal power. When we become stuck at the bottom of the neurosis labyrinth, it is a long and arduous passage to release and begins a ten-year cycle of healing that could be avoided by early curtailment.
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