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Q: How do the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulants stimulants] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressants depressants] interfere with our [[heart]] center, or can you correlate these [[ideas]] for us.
Q: How do the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulants stimulants] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressants depressants] interfere with our [[heart]] center, or can you correlate these [[ideas]] for us.
Ham: They, in general, throw the underlying [[body]] [[chemistry]] into a [[reaction]] response so your body instead of [[tuning]] with the [[spirit]] is actively counteracting some foreign chemical that you have introduced. This is taxing to the body and [[eventually]] the body becomes habituated to this stimulation and so the chemical balance is constantly incorrect, it is unnatural. [[The Father]] of course works within this situation, but it is not [[optimum]] for his [[efforts]]. So it is not just an unkindness to yourself, but an unkindness to [[your Father]] as well.
Ham: They, in general, throw the underlying [[body]] [[chemistry]] into a [[reaction]] response so your body instead of [[tuning]] with the [[spirit]] is actively counteracting some foreign chemical that you have introduced. This is taxing to the body and [[eventually]] the body becomes habituated to this stimulation and so the chemical balance is constantly incorrect, it is unnatural. [[The Father]] of course works within this situation, but it is not optimum for his [[efforts]]. So it is not just an unkindness to yourself, but an unkindness to [[your Father]] as well.
Q: What is the best [[course]] of action for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine caffeine], to go cold turkey and eliminate it or to try to taper it off. I should say, specifically, what is the best course of [[action]] for me?
Q: What is the best [[course]] of action for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine caffeine], to go cold turkey and eliminate it or to try to taper it off. I should say, specifically, what is the best course of [[action]] for me?
Ham: Yes, I would advise quitting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine caffeine].
Ham: Yes, I would advise quitting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine caffeine].
===Note===
===Note===
[Editor: This is a session in which Ham makes the [[group]] face the [[problem]] of drug [[addiction]]. At the bottom of this transcript is an excerpt from the Elyon group which also addresses addictions]
[Editor: This is a session in which Ham makes the [[group]] face the [[problem]] of drug [[addiction]]. At the bottom of this transcript is an excerpt from the Elyon group which also addresses addictions]
