The God You Look for is Within You

 

ON MARCH 11TH SCOTT KILOBY, CREATER OF THE KILOBY CENTER FOR RECOVERY IN RANCHO MIRAGE CA WILL BE PRESENTING ON SKYPE AT  UNITY CHURCH. 6:30 PM.

Everyone is invited including people who are not in the 12 Step Group. I am including Scott's story from   his book "NATURAL REST FOR ADDICTION". The story  takes 3 minutes to read. Scotts story: For twenty years I lived in addiction. My addiction progressed from smoking marijuana as a teenager to drinking lots of alcohol and using many drugs including methamphetamine, cocaine, and LSD later in life.

Near the end of this dark cycle of using, I was swallowing handfuls of prescription painkillers, several times a day. Addiction crawled into every area of my life.I found myself caught in addictive patterns related to money, food, relationships, success, attention, and acknowledgment. (And that's just the short list.) I hid my addiction from everyone, ashamed of what my life had become.

Through the help of wonderfully supportive family members and a RECOVERY PROGRAM, I was able to quit using drugs and alcohol, Yet, the addictive cycle continued in more "socially acceptable" ways, such as trying to control and change others, embarking on a constant desire for self-improvement, and finally the quest for spiritual-enlightenment.

I searched through many self-help, positive thinking, religious, and spiritual programs. I read tons of books, watched many videos, and followed the works of a long list of teachers, I was hunting for healing but nothing seemed to provide permanent release. I'd make a little progress here and there, in terms of reducing the addictive seeking, but even my desire to end my addiction became an addiction.

Through the help of some wise teachers and an intention to look more deeply into my experience of presence, I finally found the key...

Freedom from addiction is already contained in the one place an addict refuses to look---the present moment.

This changed everything! I discovered that by simply resting in presence repeatedly through the day and allowing all thoughts, emotions, cravings, and other energies to be just as they are, the addictive cycle eventually releases itself and falls away. The freedom I'd ached for couldn't be found in my own life story (the past) or any future event that I had to someday reach.

I saw that freedom from addiction was ALREADY HERE contained perfectly within PRESENCE itself.

For three years, I kept quiet about this treasure. Because "natural rest" has to be experienced rather than only understood by the mind, it took me awhile to find the right words to share with others. Finally, one day in early 2010, these words came. Actually, they gushed out of me like a heavy downpour of rain in early spring. The result is here in this book. It's my gift to you----whoever you are, wherever you are.

If you're suffering now or have ever suffered with addiction, please take this gift and experience the natural release of addiction in the one place you likely haven't looked----THE HERE AND NOW!