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一个长期的、强迫性的行为模式可被称为是一个瘾头(addiction)，而这个瘾头在你之内，以准实体或子人格的方式存活，成为一个能量场，不定期地会完全接管你。它甚至还会接管你的心智，以及你脑袋里的声音，而让后者成为那个瘾头的声音。它也许会说：“你今天真辛苦。你该得个奖励。何必拒绝你生活中所剩的唯一乐趣呢？”如果你由于缺乏觉知而与这个内在声音认同的话，你就会发现自己正走到冰箱门口，准备拿那个很甜腻的巧克力蛋糕。其他时候，这个瘾头可能完全直接跳过心智的思考，而你突然就发现你正在抽烟或是手上已经拿着饮料了。“这玩意儿怎么跑到我手中的？”从烟盒中拿出这根烟然后点燃，或是为你自己倒了一杯饮料，这两个动作都是在你完全无意识中发生的。 如果你有一个强迫性的行为模式，像抽烟，暴食，喝酒，看电视，上网成瘾或任何其他的瘾头，这是你可以做的：当你注意到那个强迫性的需求在你之内升起的时候，停下来，然后做三次有意识的呼吸。这样可以创造觉知。然后花几分钟去觉察那个强迫性的冲动本身，它是你内在的一个能量场。有意识地去觉察你身体或心理要摄取或消耗某种物质的需要，或是要把那个强迫性行为表达出来的欲望。然后再做几次有意识的呼吸。之后也许你会觉得那个强迫性的冲动已经消失了，至少目前是。 或许你会觉得它还是掌控你，使你不得不沉溺于它，或是把它表达出来。不要视它为一个问题，把你的上瘾症作为上面描述的那种觉知练习的一部分。当觉知增加时，上瘾的模式会变弱并且最终会瓦解。然而，你要记得，当任何为你上瘾行为辩护的思想（有的时候还蛮有道理的）出现在你的脑海时，要随时逮住它们。问你自己：这是谁在说话？然后你会发现，原来是那个瘾头在说话。只要你知道这点，只要你是以心智观察者的身份临在，它就不太容易把你拐去做它想要做的事情。 ADDICTIONS A long-standing compulsive behavior pattern may be called an addiction, and an addiction lives inside you as a quasi-entity or sub- personality, an energy field that periodically takes you over completely. It even takes over your mind, the voice in your head, which then becomes the voice of the addiction. It may be saying, “You've had a rough day. You deserve a treat. Why deny yourself the only pleasure that is left in your life?” And so, if you are identified with the internal voice due to lack of awareness, you find yourself walking to the fridge and reaching for that rich chocolate cake. At other times, the addiction may bypass the thinking mind completely and you suddenly find yourself puffing on a cigarette or holding a drink. “How did that get into my hand?” Taking the cigarette out of the packet and lighting it, or pouring yourself a drink were actions performed in complete unconsciousness. If you have a compulsive behavior pattern such as smoking, overeating, drinking, TV watching, Internet addiction, or whatever it may be, this is what you can do: When you notice the compulsive need arising in you, stop and take three conscious breaths. This generates awareness. Then for a few minutes be aware of the compulsive urge itself as an energy field inside you. Consciously feel that need to physically or mentally ingest or consume a certain substance or the desire to act out some form of compulsive behavior. Then take a few more conscious breaths. After that you may find that the compulsive urge has disappeared - for the time being. or you may find that it still overpowers you, and you cannot help but indulge or act it out again. Don't make it into a problem. Make the addiction part of your awareness practice in the way described above. As awareness grows, addictive patterns will weaken and eventually dissolve. Remember, however, to catch any thoughts that justify the addictive behavior, sometimes with clever arguments, as they arise in you mind. Ask yourself, Who is talking here? And you will realize the addiction is talking. As long as you know that, as long as you are present as the observer of your mind, it is less likely to trick you into doing what it wants. |
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