Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

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*Do you regularly eat animals? *Are you emotionally attached to any of your material possessions? *Do you think a “healthy sex life” is necessary to be happy? *Do you ever experience bouts of jealousy or envy? *Do you have difficulty in being openly kind to strangers? *Are you ever worried about what other people think about you (or your appearance … or your “performance” at work … or your relationships … or your choices … or your beliefs)? *Do you worry about your physical health? *Do you blush whenever you do anything “embarrassing”? *Are you engaged with social media of any kind (email, Facebook, Twitter, etc) for more than one hour a day? *Do you ever feel so overwhelmed (or depressed, or anxious, or hopeless, or pessimistic) that you “simply have to talk to somebody about it”? *Do you enjoy watching gory movies in the theater &/or murder mysteries on TV? *Do you play video games that involve violent images or themes? *Do you like to gamble &/or do you gamble regularly? *Do you work for money for more than 45 hours a week? *Do you have any insurance policies? *Do you have a savings account or otherwise “invest for the future”? *Do you defend or take pride in your political ideals or affiliations? *Do you enjoy adrenaline-producing hobbies &/or engaging in “dangerous” activities? *Remembering that anger is merely crystallized fear, do you get openly frustrated, angry or downright enraged more than once a month? *Remembering that hatred is merely crystallized anger (which is merely crystallized fear), do you hate anyone or anything? 258
*Do you pry into the affairs of others &/or secretly gossip about them? *Do you slouch when sitting down for any length of time? *Do you cross your arms, tap your feet, drum your fingers or otherwise fidget while speaking with others? *Do you avoid speaking in front of larger groups of people? *Do you worry about the safety of your children, the happiness of your friends, the lives of your associates or the state of the world in general? *When packing for a trip, do you include items that you are unlikely to use and yet are “good to have along, just in case”? *Do you feel antsy or nervous when surrounded by people of a different race, class, political affiliation, religious belief &/or sexual orientation than yourself? *When meeting with others, do you tend to “defend your personal space” or demand that they respect the same? *Do you attend church primarily to feel comforted? *Do you avoid trying new things, going to new places &/or meeting new people? *Do you avoid speaking to the homeless people you encounter on the street? *Do you avoid extended eye-contact (either in private or in public)? Addiction is a normal human response to fear, so there is no need to feel ashamed, embarrassed or in any way “less than” if you answered “yes” to even quite a few of these questions. Indeed, as each and every one of us is biologically commanded to constantly be on the lookout for anything unfamiliar in our surroundings – and then to label those unknowns as “dangerous” and to fear them until proven otherwise, it would be a strange thing indeed if you were not in some way addicted to fear. And yet now that we have made this rediscovery, the question can be posed: What’s the big deal? … What’s so “bad” about living occasionally – or even quite often – in fear? The CONSEQUENCES of our FEAR ADDICTION Yes, it is true that fear is essentially an adaptive response that has enabled humanity to survive a number of bouts with near-extinction, and it is also true as well that fear is an emotional adaptation that can continue to protect us from a variety of threats that continue to surface in our lives to this day. 259
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LICKING the RAZOR’S EDGE Recogniz
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inspired by … & in honor of Todd
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Introduction Over the course of my
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“There are all kinds of addicts
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And yet, if you make sure your ego
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Addiction #01 - Freedom from ALCOHO
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Alcohol -- A Way OUT “I can’t c
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Addiction #02 - Freedom from SMOKIN
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And here is the point that is more
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That means that in only 3 weeks, th
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TIP #10 - TREAT YOURSELF Giving up
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Addiction #03 - Freedom from CAFFEI
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MYTH #05 - Caffeine (specifically c
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*And finally, and by far MOST IMPOR
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Addiction #04 - Freedom from SUGAR
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Sugar -- A Way OUT “Foods high in
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Addiction #05 - Freedom from MEAT
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In addition, even though we have ev
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In addition, these animals are sent
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Effect #05 - Most importantly of al
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*Many known cancer-causing ingredie
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*Also, a study in the Wall Street J
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Addiction #08 - Freedom from SALT
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Addiction #09 - Freedom from GMO’
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TIP #02 … READ your LABELS You mi
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Addiction #10 - Freedom from Glutto
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Maybe you are “walking on eggshel
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Gluttony -- A Way OUT “My doctor
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TIP #07 - REMEMBER THE WHY of your
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Of course, your own level of “hoa
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THE CONSEQUENCES of HOARDING Hoardi
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TIP #02 - PILING IT UP Designate an
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Finally, regardless of how you deal
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Most importantly of all, almost now
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*Casual sex creates a void between
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In everything we do, it is the “w
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TIP #07 - LIMIT YOUR FREQUENCY The
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While the existence of such a dysfu
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING ADDICTED
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*Do you provoke arguments? Do you r
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LOVE ADDICTION: A POWER-FULL SOLUTI
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*According to another study of wome
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While the pages that follow will go
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Start by taking a long and deep loo
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Practical TIP #03 - SEEING THE SELF
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As long as you are attempting to ma
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Practical TIP #06 - The TRUE BEAUTY
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Practical TIP #07 — CHOOSING REVE
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And yet, despite the evidence that
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Comfort -- A Way OUT “It is not t
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Well, my Friends, there is no guara
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And so we log on again … and agai
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In the pages that follow I will des
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*When you feel the urge to log-on
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*Do you analyze, criticize or other
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*TRUTH #03: Vacant TALKING MEANS NO
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The pains of our past are our most
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Addiction #18 - Freedom from TV “
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And yet there are other negative co
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*Watching Television causes a LOSS
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*Do you use your TV as a baby-sitte
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TIP #03: LIMIT YOUR VIEWING … Onl
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Addiction #19 - Freedom from VIDEO
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*VIDEO GAMES are SOCIALLY ADDICTIVE
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RECOGNIZING YOUR OWN GAMING ADDICTI
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Addiction #20 - Freedom from SLOTH
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*We are EMOTIONALLY CONDITIONED to
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The Power-full Alternative: BUILDIN
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TIP #18: BE A “GOOD NEIGHBOR”
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The CONSEQUENCES of “PRODUCTIVITY
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*Do you regularly feel like you nee
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Productivity -- A Way OUT “The qu
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Essentially, when we follow this gu
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Addiction #22 - Freedom from THINKI
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*Do you replay recent conversations
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Avoiding COMMON TRAPS & “Fake Sol
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Please note that this chapter in no
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So, erring on the side of seeing th
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We have tried “change from the to
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We are told over & over again that
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The CONSEQUENCES of SERIOUSNESS The
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Saddened by the news? Shrug, sigh a
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Addiction #25 - Freedom from NEGATI
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*Negativity intensifies what psycho
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Because we are more than our “rep
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*TIP #02: REMAIN in the MOMENT …
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Addiction #26 - Freedom from CALLOU
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The SOURCE of the ADDICTION Almost
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*CALLOUSNESS INFLICTS “KARMIC SPL
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Tip #02: FORGIVE, FORGIVE, FORGIVE
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Addiction #27 - Freedom from ARROGA
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*Do you believe that you have a rig
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We are arrogant in relation to our
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“We can never accurately judge th
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TIP #02: DEFEND THE DEFENSELESS …
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TIP #04: BE KIND to your CRITICS
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TIP #06: LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN …
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TIP #08: OPEN the MIND = OPEN the H
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BENEFIT #01: ENHANCED AWARENESS OF
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Addiction #28 - Freedom from CONFLI
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*Do you think that you can alter ot
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The CONSEQUENCES of our CONFLICT AD
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Conflict -- A Way OUT “Peace is n
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Page 233 and 234: Addiction #32 - Freedom from ENVY
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Page 243 and 244: The CONSEQUENCES of REGRET When lef
Page 245 and 246: TIP #01: ANONYMOUSLY ATONE … Mere
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