The Guru Papers ch. on addiction also notes the role of conflict in internal stuckness:
What's clear is that the smoking *is* meeting some need (not just chemically), even if that need is unacknowledged or furthermore, *repudiated*.
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That's good. worth reading the whole thing?
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_The Guru Papers_ is a giant sprawling mess of a braindump, but has numerous insights into diverse psychological topics (mostly having nothing to do with gurus). I recommend it!
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Speaking of braindumps, it would be awesome to get the Lost Manuscripts of Control. Any strategies for this? Looks like joeldiana.com is down as of mid-2017...
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Yeah, I had the same thought! I spent some time scouring the web a year or two ago and turned up some bits but not much. Maybe a pilgrimage to implore the gurus for their wisdom is in order :)
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Braving the perilous path to deepest darkest Marin
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Guru relationships are constructed to be basically induced bipolar disorder. They can only be at absolute trust and absolute betrayal, with no room for the more complex/complete kind based on qualified, context-sensitive trust. This is why I was never even remotely susceptible.
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That’s pretty much what the book says, yes
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