Shakti Gawain is a pioneer in the field of personal development. For over twenty-five years, she has been a best-selling author and internationally renowned teacher of consciousness. Shakti has facilitated thousands of individuals in developing greater awareness, balance and wholeness in their lives.
Shakti has written numerous books considered classics in her field. Her distinguished publishing history includes best sellers Creative Visualization, Living in the Light, The Path of Transformation, Four Levels of Healing, Creating True Prosperity, and Developing Intuition. Her books have sold over 10 million copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-founder, with Marc Allen, of New World Library Publishing Company. More...
——— Daily Reading • July 3 ———
from Awakening: A Daily Guide To Conscious Living by Shakti Gawain
Drugs inhibit the primary selves
Alcohol and certain other drugs inhibit the primary selves. They inhibit the inner critic temporarily. They knock the pusher out, they knock the protector/controller out, and they allow the disowned selves to come forward. The more emotional selves, the more spontaneous, expressive, sexual, sensuous energy – all of those selves that don‘t get a chance to come out otherwise come forth.
And then, of course, once the drug wears off, once the alcohol wears off, the primary selves come back heavier than ever, particularly the inner critic. This perpetuates the cycle. Because when you wake up the morning after and your critic is killing you, you want to knock it out again as fast as possible. Once you stop this negative cycle, you can become aware of the inner process and do the consciousness work to bring yourself into balance.
I am learning healthy ways to let my disowned selves find expression.