The Most Important Polemic

Addiction and The Most Important Polemic
from Sinequanonology© (the work of P.A. Francis)
Inspired immensely by the work of Earthship Biotecture: www.revolutionariesbeatthematrix.com/

We, the most loving people, have to improve our well-being as much as possible and as soon as possible, including now. In order to do this, gainfully, we have to enjoy, cultivate, employ, and spread the most winning and the most meditative natural addictions that are more addictive than the worst addictions--especially cars, man-made drugs [in particular alcoholic beverages; yeah I know I'm beginning to sound like a hardcore anti-establishment rasta but bear with me], financial debt [especially consumer debt], the internet, computers, and television. I call these the worst addictions because even though most do not consider them addictions--increasingly computers are rightly seen as addictive though: "Psychological dependence does not have to be limited only to substances; even activities and behavioural patterns can be considered addictions, if they become uncontrollable, e.g. problem gambling, Internet addiction, computer addiction, sexual addiction / pornography addiction, overeating, self-injury, compulsive buying, or work addiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_use_disorder)"--they have come to dominate much of the average person's life often in ways that are clearly unhealthy and destructive of the individual's and society's well-being.

Fortunately, from the beginning of human existence, we have been blessed with wholesome and naturally pleasurable ways to spend our time. In many ways, the most important polemic against negative addictions, merely requires a return to more natural ways of life. However, Mother Nature can use some help from the worlds of philosophy and spin. So I decided to group and--in theory and it seems in reality too increasingly--enhance these natural practices by giving them a powerful makeover that turns the idea of addiction up side down like Jack Johnson the singer and surfer might say from his song of the same title ("Upside Down"). As far as I have come to discern through my experiences, the Most Meditative and the Most Winning Natural Addictions are:

1. Meditating (especially in fresh air outdoors) safely away from negative people and the worst addictions

2. Getting the right amount of Vitamin D (See Dowd's vit D calculator online) and beta-endorphins (The Vitamin D Solution, Michael Holick) from direct exposure (outdoors again) to sunlight

3. Consuming Healthy and Nutritious Foods and Beverages (preferably organic) at ease in a peaceful and uplifting environment

4. Excercising joyfully (preferably outdoors, [maybe there's a trend here])

5. Sleeping most excellently

6. Being satisfied

7. Enjoying the most businesslike successes, which I, Paul Ainsworth Francis, can only teach in person or via detailed written work (among the most important is MFCR).

Even though it's easier said than done, I find that focusing on the mantra "FEEL BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE" sometimes helps me to accomplish these most meditative and most winning addictions gainfully. When you focus sincerely on feeling better than ever before, naturally, you are forced to make the best of your current situation--and if necessary improve it radically--so that you feel better than ever before.

Arguably the most important way of looking at human behavior is via the paradigm of addiction. Though addiction is normally used to describe negative behavior patterns, in many ways almost any human activity can give the impression of addiction when analyzed, including over the long term. If we view addiction as an overwhelming compulsion for some substance outside of the body, then even a starving man's manic and desperate yearning for food might give the impression of someone with an eating disorder/addiction to food if the observer was not aware of all the details, i.e. that the man was starving, of the situation. This is not meant to dilute the significance of the term addiction when used to describe serious psychological disorders; rather, I intend to extend its meaning to encompass a wider array of behaviors than normally considered within the rubric of addiction.

Part of my motivation for looking at the most of the problems and also the solutions in the world as products of addiction is from a truism that I once heard which goes as follows: in order to break free from a negative addiction you have to develop an even stronger addiction, preferably a wholesome and healthy one.

Even scientifically, experiments show: "Nearly all drugs, directly or indirectly, target the brain’s reward system by flooding the circuit with dopamine.[28] As a person continues to overstimulating [sic] the “reward circuit”, the brain adapts to the overwhelming surges in dopamine by producing less of the hormones or by reducing the number of receptors in the reward circuit. As a result, the chemical’s impact on the reward circuit is lessened, reducing the abuser’s ability to enjoy the things that previously brought pleasure.[28] This decrease compels those addicted to dopamine to increase the drug consumption in order to attempt to bring their "feel-good" hormone level back to normal —an effect known as tolerance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_use_disorder)." Though this description of addiction is describing physical, not psychological, addiction, it still pertains to the most important polemic, as the worst addictions are a combination of physical and psychological ones.

It's common-sense then that to beat negative addictions--especially the worst ones described earlier--we have to re-empower our natural feel-good chemicals and reward circuits so that equanimity prevails in our bodies and lives most consistently. I have found that the Most Meditative and the Most Winning Natural Addictions help me to succeed in this struggle for improving my well-being. I hope they help you too.