The universal law, that after hearing it you can’t anymore watch addiction in the same way. I remember when I discovered this precious law, it changed my perception of addiction forever, and in a very positive way. Without this law, I would struggle. Now, shut everything else down and focus fully on this law. Let’s start the journey.

The myth of opposites

Why is it so essential to understand the laws of the universe? It is essential because everything connects in this plane where we are. The laws that work in physical, is usually work in the mental plane also. When we learn to understand the laws of the universe we can start to use it in our addiction work.

I discovered this law when I read the book called The Kybalion. It’s a book about hermetic philosophy, and it is a philosophy from ancient Egypt. The book is about seven universal laws. One of these laws is the law called, the law of polarity.

“Everything is dual; everything has poles, everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but in different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.” -The Kybalion

Many would think that cold and heat are two different things, but the law of polarity reveals that opposites are the same thing, they are only different in degrees. They are not two different lines, but two poles of the same line. Also, matter and spirit are not two different things, but they are different poles of the same thing. Fear is not different from courage. Good is not different from evil. Addiction is not different from sobriety.

This law opens us to new levels of addiction work. By understanding that addiction is not different from sobriety, we open new possibilities to transmute extreme addiction to eternal sobriety, the pain-related world, the addiction-world to the love-related-world. Think about how huge a mindset shift this is.. Before, we thought that addiction was separate from sobriety, but now we are operating in the realm where you know that they are the same thing.

Well, dear brothers and sisters, this very law changes your addiction work so fundamentally that it feels like walking in a cloud. Let’s look at how the transformation happens

Exploring the vibrations of consciousness

“Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.” -The Kybalion

If we want to change addiction to sobriety, it happens by changing our mental states, by changing our vibratory frequency. Changing our vibratory frequency means expanding our consciousness. Everything in this universe vibrates, and everything has its own vibratory frequency. We humans, are not exceptions on this, and also addiction and eternal sobriety are not exceptions. We operate from certain frequency that attracts all our life situations to us. Change your frequency, change your life. You change your frequency by raising your consciousness, and it’s essential to recognize that states of consciousness are not separate; rather, they exist along a continuum.”

There are so many things that affect our vibratory frequency. For example, every thought that you think, the content that you consume, the conversations that you have with other people, the movies you watch, the people you hang with, even the way you talk, walk, exercise, etc. Basically, everything that you do contains some kind of frequency, and this certain frequency will affect your mental state.

“Every thought, emotion, or mental state has its corresponding rate and mode of vibration. By an effort of the will of the person, or of other persons, these mental states may be reproduced, just as a musical tone may be reproduced by causing an instrument to vibrate at a certain rate – just as color may be reproduced in the same way. -The Kybalion

can you think of addiction as a frequency. We just vibrate at a level that attracts addictions in our lives. The game is to find the vibration of eternal sobriety. So how to find the frequency of eternal sobriety?

You find the frequency of eternal sobriety by first taking everything off that keeps you vibrating in the frequency of addiction. In addiction work, the things that affect the most on the frequency of addiction is the cause of addiction. It’s the trauma or pain, and if you can solve these traumas or pain you will experience a massive shift in your frequency. Also, if you can change your habitual thoughts that you think daily to more positive and to the thoughts that support your sobriety, will make a huge shift in your frequency. It’s the internal surgery that I have been talking about in this blog.

The technique of Induction

The book Kybalion gives one technique on how to change mental states called induction. Induction refers to the process of bringing about or causing a change. In the context of mental states, it suggests the ability to influence or shift one’s state of mind through intention and focused awareness.

If you want to experience sobriety you have to start focusing on thoughts, activities, and environments that embrace sobriety, By visualizing about states of sobriety and consciously choosing the thoughts that embrace sobriety you can start already experiencing the state of sobriety. Your brain doesn’t know the difference between real experience and imagined experience if you think thoughts of sobriety your body starts to release the chemicals linked to what you think.

Also, I want to add to this, that start to take care of your mental hygiene. Develop wisdom and love in your life. By love, I mean simply pure attention. It’s the attention that doesn’t judge or criticize. When you give it to yourself and others you bring love into your existence. Pray a lot. Listen to classical music. Consume fine art. Meditate. Have inspiring conversations with people who support your sobriety, and cut off negative influences from your life. That’s how to build proper mental hygiene, and, well, proper mental hygiene is the place where eternal sobriety will most likely happen.

Maybe it sounds like some magical thinking to cure addiction by changing your mental activities, but I think would be foolish to underestimate the power of human consciousness. Remember the states of consciousness are not separate states, but it’s a continuum. When you start to understand these universal laws, it’s not any more magical thinking, but pure logic. You can do even better, not trying to argue over intellectual concepts, but you can start to practice these principles in your own life and have your own direct experience of the knowledge, then you don’t have to operate from beliefs anymore.

It was a little article about this precious universal law of polarity. It’s an essential part of Addiction Alchemy, and it helps you to understand how alchemy is possible in addiction work. It’s the wisdom of knowing that opposites are not different, but the same. Let this law guide you in your path to eternal sobriety!

“The lips of wisdom are closed, except the ears of understanding.” -The Kybalion

-The Alchemist