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"To really break an addiction you must have a different kind of focus for the mind that must really be all-consuming. It may even look like another addiction. But it must be strong enough to displace and replace what has captivated your mind previously, and what still tends to captivate your mind. Instead of being addicted to a drug, you become addicted to God. You become addicted to the experience of Knowledge within yourself, the deeper intelligence that God has placed within you. You become addicted to serving others. You become addicted to maintaining your health. This new addiction may be temporary but it serves as a bridge." | "To really break an addiction you must have a different kind of focus for the mind that must really be all-consuming. It may even look like another addiction. But it must be strong enough to displace and replace what has captivated your mind previously, and what still tends to captivate your mind. Instead of being addicted to a drug, you become addicted to God. You become addicted to the experience of Knowledge within yourself, the deeper intelligence that God has placed within you. You become addicted to serving others. You become addicted to maintaining your health. This new addiction may be temporary but it serves as a bridge." | ||
*Freedom from Addiction and Obsession (January 23, 2009) | *Freedom from Addiction and Obsession (January 23, 2009) | ||
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| + | == Quotes from Outside The New Message from God == | ||
| + | "We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." | ||
| + | *C.S. Lewis, ''The Weight of Glory'' | ||
[[category:relationship]] | [[category:relationship]] | ||
Revision as of 21:01, 22 November 2011
Short Quotes
"An addiction is a replacement for real relationships."
- Freedom from Addiction and Obsession (January 23, 2009)
"There are countless things that people are addicted to, but they all represent a substitute for Knowledge, and a kind of compensation for a life that is fundamentally out of balance, and filled with insecurity and uncertainty."
- Freedom from Addiction and Obsession (January 23, 2009)
"You know are addicted when you cannot do without something that is really not essential."
- Freedom from Addiction and Obsession (January 23, 2009)
"The manifestation of addiction is tremendous and varied. People can be addicted to the most innocuous things or the most dangerous things."
- Freedom from Addiction and Obsession (January 23, 2009)
Long Quotes
"To really break an addiction you must have a different kind of focus for the mind that must really be all-consuming. It may even look like another addiction. But it must be strong enough to displace and replace what has captivated your mind previously, and what still tends to captivate your mind. Instead of being addicted to a drug, you become addicted to God. You become addicted to the experience of Knowledge within yourself, the deeper intelligence that God has placed within you. You become addicted to serving others. You become addicted to maintaining your health. This new addiction may be temporary but it serves as a bridge."
- Freedom from Addiction and Obsession (January 23, 2009)
Quotes from Outside The New Message from God
"We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
- C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory