King Melchizek Sociology

Discussion

It appears beyond dispute that based upon the statistics available the abuse of alcohol and drugs is a devastating disease which afflicts around 100 million individuals in the United States. 23.9 million, individuals regularly use illegal drugs (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey on Drug Use & Health, 2012, 1) and 76.7 million abuse alcohol (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2012, 31).

The literature describes throughout millennia the incessant demand by humans for alcohol, illegal barbiturates, cocaine, marijuana, heroin and in more recent times prescription drugs with our without a prescription and over-the-counter drugs. When used in proper measure and appropriate

In the Christian tradition, King Melchizedek, the high priest of God made an offering of bread and wine (Genesis 14:18) indicating some connection between mood altering substances to provide a gateway to a higher level of consciousness wherein a experience of God would be available. Indeed, sacramental wine continues to be used to celebrate the Christian Eucharist commemorating Christ’s celebration of the Last Supper. The yearning to experience something more than is generally experienced is explained by Metaphysical Science as that primordial desire within all humans to have knowledge and experience of that which they truly are, the expression of the true Self from which they have become estranged. In the context of addiction, then, the addict has lost sight of their true nature which is the nature of the Self. The nature of the Self is to be happy, fulfilled, unbounded and invincible at every moment in life. The addict seeks to find the true Self but lacking knowledge of the Self, their seeking has no direction and thus resort to alcohol and drug abuse to provide temporary relief from all of their human ailments to experience temporary periods of pleasure. This turning by

This is so because the technique allows for Self-Realization. The element of Self-Realization is totally absent from current treatment modalities. With Self-Realization the addict is freed from all of the constraints of the individual or small self and is open to the potential of unlimited creativity and intelligence gaining the support of natural law which provides for permanent recovery from their affliction. However, until the Self is full established permanently within the individual, Self-Realization is experienced “only for brief moments, at the deepest points of meditation” (Pearson 173). In practical terms, at the conclusion of each Transcendental Meditation session, Self-Realization is lost and the addict returns to the familiar world of waking state consciousness accompanied by all of its limitations for life at that level is dominated by the senses wherein the individual is a prisoner to addictive behavior. Until Self-Realization is permanently established the participant is alone or isolated within the practice of Transcendental Meditation for as Krishnamurti states “there is no one to guide you, no one to tell you that you are progressing, no one to encourage you; you have to stand completely alone in Meditation” (What is Meditation: Truth and Actuality 1976).