Become Free From Addiction through Spiritual Understanding: Part 2 of 2

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In Part 1, we discussed about reviving our lost relationship with our Supreme friend. We continue the same with this part 2 below.

…When this close relationship with God is absent, we feel this absence in our hearts, in our lives, in the very core of our being. Our relationship with the Supreme Person is so vitally important to us, that estrangement from Him causes us immense distress. When we are not intimately relating with Him, we feel a deep, persistent, unbearable emptiness and unhappiness in our heart of hearts. If we do not understand that our separation from God is the root cause of our suffering, we unknowingly try to cover and fill this vacancy with things of this material world. In doing so, we easily become addicted to activities which may temporarily distract us from our suffering or cover it, but do not end it - and ultimately lead us even deeper into desperation and despair.

Knowing that we are spiritual beings, enables us to understand that we will only be completely happy and fulfilled when we are again actively engaged in a very close and loving relationship with God. Knowing how we can, in a practical way, revive our close loving friendship with Him is the key to overcoming any addiction, and realizing true health and happiness.

So how can we revive our lost friendship with the Supreme Person?

Awaken Innate Love for the Supreme

We can awaken our innate love for God through regularly hearing and repeating His Names. The yoga scriptures tell us that for this day and age, the way to remember God and revive our lost friendship with Him, is by hearing and repeating His transcendental Names. (In yoga practice this is called Mantra Meditation.) God's Names have the power to purify our consciousness, and awaken the natural affinity and love for the Supreme Person that lies dormant within our hearts.

The Names of the Supreme Person are not ordinary sound. They are the Supreme Person Himself appearing in this world in the form of spiritual sound vibration. God appears in this world as His Names out of His unconditional love for us. He sees and understands our suffering condition and kindly gives us a way out of this suffering through His Names, and through His instructions to us in the bonafide scriptures of the world.

Whenever we hear and chant or sing the Names of Supreme Person, we are actually putting ourselves directly in His presence. He is fully there with us, lovingly embracing us. But because our hearts and minds are clouded by material misunderstandings and attachments, we generally do not fully experience His presence when we first begin to hear and chant God’s Names. However, the more that we hear and chant, the more our consciousness becomes purified - and the more we are able to tangibly experience the familiar, sweet, warm, loving, comforting presence of our dear Supreme Friend. We actually experience Him in our hearts, and remember our eternal friendship with Him. Naturally, we are overjoyed to be affectionately relating with Him again, and eager to have Him fully back in our lives.