tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post1126237534844614822..comments2024-03-24T03:12:21.128-04:00Comments on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Mysticism: Sad But TrueLance Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04504850608959937357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-39379065579847609972018-04-24T11:31:35.268-04:002018-04-24T11:31:35.268-04:00Hey Brother Don,
Of course, you can classify and m...Hey Brother Don,<br />Of course, you can classify and make the distinctions that you make. Often there is value to this process and it is helpful. Sometimes not so much.<br /><br />The point I was making is the we each bring our distinct experience based on our relative existence as unique life forms to the interaction with any substance. <br /><br />For some of us alcohol is a benign self-medication. For some of my friends a single drink may emerge from and lead to a fundamentally self-destructive pattern of behavior that could destroy their lives. In this context I would maintain that Alcohol is simply alcohol. <br /><br />Sometimes in making distinctions we miss the forest for the trees. Sometimes it is helpful. Sometimes we find ourselves barking up the wrong tree. <br /><br />Only you can know which is the case. <br />Lance Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18174480565578669357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-87130739440532200922018-04-22T15:34:53.886-04:002018-04-22T15:34:53.886-04:00When you talk of "drugs," I feel it'...When you talk of "drugs," I feel it's necessary to distinguish between the usual self-medicating types, like caffeine, alcohol, sugar, etc.; initiatory substances like those you mention used by Ram Das and Gaskin; and psychiatric medications. These three types are very different and not to be lumped together as "drugs."Don Karphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272396482405908072noreply@blogger.com