Overcoming Cravings,
Dependency and Addiction There is a powerful image that comes from India of the Five Horse Chariot.
The Five Horse Chariot is a metaphor for the body,
The soul and the five senses.
Each of the five horses represents a sense of smell,
Taste,
Touch,
Sight and sound.
The chariot represents the body,
The direction in which it will be pulled.
And the charioteer is the soul.
The five horses have the tendency to pull the chariot in their own direction,
Each trying to run uncontrollably.
But when the charioteer is strong,
He brings the senses or the horses into control.
Take a few moments now and practice just being the observer of your senses.
One by one,
Withdraw your attention from each sense,
Allowing it to cool off.
Starting with the sense of touch,
Then the sense of taste,
Then the sense of smell.
Then the sense of sight.
And finally,
Sound.
When we drop the belief that we are the body and remember the truth of being spirit or consciousness.
We begin to overcome our cravings,
Dependency and addiction.
Hand in hand with this accurate identity comes the simple understanding that peace,
Happiness,
Love and joy are the very nature of the human being,
The spirit,
The self.
And these come from the inside out,
Not outside in.
Finally your cravings and dependencies on stimulants,
Atrophy until they no longer exist.
Thank you.
