We know that smoking is not good for our health. The monkey, on the other hand, knows that smoking is
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The Religious Experience of the Smoking Ritual
We are going to need a whole lot of patience and we will experience a moderate amount of existential agony, so let us strap on our patience belt and put on our patience hat and hold on tight as we explore reality as we once knew it and how it is changing as we speak.
Authority Over the Cigarette Monkey
When we promise someone that we will not smoke cigarettes, even if we promise them not to smoke for a limited amount of time, any amount of time, we give them authority over us.
Controlling the Cigarette Monkey
Using the time limit program which gives us control over our own timelines frees us from the pressure of authority or the need to conform to predefined parameters for success and failure, someone else’s predefined parameters for success and failure.
Compassion And The Smoking Habit
When we keep feeding the monkey on our back the monkey will grow wilder, the less we feed the monkey the wilder it gets. There is no way out, the monkey is not rational.
The Original Sin of Smoking
There is a strong theoretical basis for the theory of original sin, if we are willing to see original sin not as a physical act, rather, a symbolic act. Original sin is thus: Once a sin has been committed, other sins will surely follow, the damn has been breached and Pandora’s Box is now wide open.