Falling Into Addiction

Falling into addiction – it’s easily done.
Whatever we’re bound to, we become addicted to. 
When we’re bound, we stick.

Addiction: physical and mental dependency, habit, compulsion,  fixation, enslavement.

This is what happens to consciousness when we identify with an idea. Even the words of the Buddha – or anyone – can become an institutionalised imitation, rather than the reality. This is the trick of Mara lying in ambush; Mara is our own likes and dislikes.

When consciousness became excited about something, a self was created, and we’ve been stuck with it ever since. 

Addicted occurs when our environment is limited. We can appear to work very well within that but, taken out of that environment, we feel vulnerable and flounder, struggling mentally to adapt in great confusion.

The original state of consciousness is pure enlightenment – we are that consciousness. When we adopt, we become addicted rather than constantly adapting, becoming an ever-expanding consciousness.