Following what feels better and addiction
If you’re ever concerned that when we say, “follow what feels better,” that this following what feels better is going to lead to something bad, then let us take a moment and talk about what we mean here.
Now, we say this again and again, but it does bear repeating as it is very important and really the key to the power of following your intuition.
Follow what feels better right in the moment of doing it, speaking it, or thinking it.
Not what tastes better…
Not what smells better…
Not what looks better…
Not what sounds better…
Not what feels better to your fingers or your toes…
Follow what brings you an uplifting sense of relief right in the act of doing it, thinking it, or saying it.
In other words, look for the path of instant vibrational relief.
Now, you might have heard that this is what an addict does. They are looking for the next fix, the next thing that will make them feel better.
But consider this: When you eat something because you want to feel better, you’re still delaying the experience of feeling immediate vibrational relief because that relief is based on the pleasure that the food will bring you. You can change the word eat/food to inhale/drug, drink/alcohol, or whatever else you believe an addiction is.
Ask an addict who has been there and they will tell you that the food in and of itself does not bring pleasure, or if it does, that pleasure is temporary, because part of the problem is that they never stop to actually feel the pleasure (or the relief) and then follow the next better-feeling thought.
It was their belief that the food would bring pleasure later that keeps them in the cycle of dependence on the thing that they don’t like.
Now, unless you are asking this question about yourself, your very best approach is to give your friend the space to find their own way.
Imagine that they are actually finding the real relief they are seeking. And then let them go.
You cannot fix what is actually not broken. It is up to the other person to find that awareness within themselves.
We are not suggesting action or inaction here. But we are suggesting that, rather than trying to understand something that is patently insane — that relief must wait until sacrifice has been endured, which is the basis of all pain in your culture — try to find the version of the person that you do want to see: the one where they are having what they are really and truly wanting.
You know what it looks like to see relief on another person’s face as they finally let go of their heavy burden.
See that image in front of you.
Imagine your friend in that place and feel the waves of relief flowing off of them.
And then, and only then, take whatever action is inspiring to you and that feels better to you as you take it.

