Addiction

I found myself reactive to this passage. Whilst I honour, practice and aspire to mindfulness I know it to be a huge privilege, denied to many, and the many the most vulnerable, so often trapped in the addiction of unhealthy relationships, food abuse, alcohol abuse, substance abuse etc. Obviously there is a spectrum of addiction and the author is talking about fine tuning for those already towards the sunny end of it, but never the less, to not acknowledge the privilege of those who find themselves on the sunny side lacks compassion. The lack of warmth and understanding made me feel uncomfortable, as all elitism does. In addition, I know from personal experience and years of being an holistic therapist that addiction does not all come from the brain. For example an unbalanced microbiome can cause craving which can become addiction.

Oh my goodness...you said so very eloquently what I felt most in my heart.

Still missing the point and need to judge it. It's only elitism because you filter life through that. It's only privilege because you filter life through that. You are still addict yourself needed to insert yourself into this message for it's wrong, when simply accept you gave witness and your words and judgement are an unnecessary addiction