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0:00Hello friends, today we are going to be
0:03talking about addiction. All types of
0:06addiction specifically from the
0:08reincarnation and spiritual level. Why
0:13this is part of a person's or soul's
0:15experience in this lifetime. Why it was
0:17a selected experience. what it does at
0:21the soul level and what the true work
0:24is, what addiction is calling on us to
0:28handle and deal with. It isn't just
0:31about abstinence. I think we in
0:34humanity, human beings, we have a story
0:38around addiction. That it's some sort of
0:41a moral failing that a person who deals
0:44with addiction that there's something
0:45bad or wrong about them, that it's their
0:48fault, or that they're being punished in
0:51some way. But in reality, this is a
0:55selected curriculum because the soul who
0:59selected it, the person who signed up
1:02for this experience in this life is very
1:05brave and they saw a potential huge
1:10opportunity for soul and spiritual
1:12growth. Now, it hi, I'm Jillian. If
1:16you're new here, I'm all about learning
1:19and understanding reincarnation and
1:22spirituality and how life is set up from
1:26a reincarnation perspective. I like to
1:29look at the mechanics of how it all
1:31works and break it down so that we can
1:33all understand it so that we can live
1:35this life intentionally
1:37and not just have life happen to us. So
1:41here is the first important thing to
1:44talk about and this is very clear when
1:47we look at near-death experiences that
1:50recount
1:52their life planning process and also
1:55people that have done past life
1:57regressions to understand previous lives
2:00but also to understand their current
2:03life setup and dealt with that time
2:05period in between lives where we plan
2:08out our lives. Addiction is something we
2:11select to experience. It's given to us
2:15as an option to help us learn particular
2:19lessons. Essentially, it's a tool for us
2:23in human form. It's not something we
2:26experience when we're in our spirit
2:27bodies. This is something unique to
2:30being a human being. And the type of
2:32addiction that you experience is also
2:34going to be connected to what your
2:36physical body is. Some physical bodies
2:39have more of an opportunity to
2:40alcoholism. Some physical bodies have
2:43more of an opportunity to things that
2:45are around dopamine related addictions.
2:47So, as you were on the other side with
2:49your guides, looking at setting up your
2:52whole life, you looked at the options
2:56that you had with your physical body and
2:58the type of addiction. If that was
3:00something that you saw based off of what
3:02you wanted to learn and experience, you
3:05saw that as an opportunity. And I know
3:07talk about addiction as an opportunity
3:09sounds a little wild, but you'll
3:11understand why I say that by the time we
3:12get to the end of this video. And you
3:14might be thinking, addiction is hard and
3:17horrible, and there's no way I would
3:20have selected this. Well, what if I
3:24posited to you that whatever it is that
3:27you're working on learning, and we will
3:29get into that, that if you chose
3:33addiction or selected addiction as an
3:35option in this life, that you were able
3:37to complete that lesson and that
3:41experience in this life. But if you
3:43decided to not engage in the addictive
3:46behavior, it would end up taking you two
3:48to three lifetimes to accomplish that.
3:51So, if you're one of those people that
3:54doesn't want to incarnate anymore,
3:57that may have been exactly why addiction
3:59was selected, because you wanted to get
4:02on the fast pass. You wanted to get
4:05through this hard part of the human
4:09incarnation experience. And so, you
4:12selected something that was going to
4:13give you immense propulsion in your
4:16spiritual growth. Now, what kind of
4:18spiritual growth? Let's look at the kind
4:21of lessons that are often associated
4:23with addiction. Because when you
4:26understand the reason behind the
4:29addiction, the lesson that is the
4:33opportunity here and you're able to
4:35focus in on that lesson and be an active
4:39participant in learning that lesson, it
4:42then allows the addiction or other
4:45challenging life opportunities to get
4:48easy. They don't have to get so loud
4:51because you're able to be more
4:53intentional. They don't have to scream
4:55at you because you're like, "Okay, I'll
4:56I'll play the game." So, there's no one
4:59lesson for addiction. It's going to be
5:03specific to you. So, one thing may have
5:06been that you wanted to learn surrender.
5:09This is a big one connected to
5:12addiction, particularly if you're going
5:14the 12step route as a way to deal with
5:19or overcome the addiction. It's the idea
5:22of surrendering to something bigger than
5:24yourself.
5:26This is all about releasing the ego and
5:30connecting up to the divine. Whatever
5:33you know that as that ability to
5:36surrender and go with the flow is a
5:38major life lesson and a major step in
5:42the awakening process. Huge in the
5:45awakening process. Going along with
5:47that, another reason that addiction may
5:50have been selected could have been about
5:52spiritual connection or interconnection.
5:55Again, if you go through that process of
5:58surrendering, connecting out to the
6:00higher power, reaching out to God or
6:03whatever you know that is to help you
6:05through, this is one of the
6:07opportunities is to create that
6:09spiritual awareness connection, but also
6:14you may be in a situation where it's
6:16allowing you to connect with other
6:17people. Again, if you're choosing the
6:20route of going through something like a
6:2212step program, you're now connected
6:25into a community of people that have
6:27gone through similar experiences to you
6:30that you can understand and relate to
6:32and connect to in a way other people in
6:36your life can't. This is why 12 steps is
6:40a great option for a lot of folks
6:42because it brings you into a connection
6:45with other people and gives you this
6:48support and this holding up that you're
6:50not going to get from your family and
6:52friends who just aren't going to
6:54understand the experience the same way.
6:56Another major reason that addiction is
6:59on the docket for life experiences is to
7:03learn about love, particularly self
7:06love.
7:07When we deal with addictions, we become
7:11so hard on ourselves, so judgmental. We
7:15think we are worthless.
7:17We experience things through contrast.
7:20If you've watched any of my videos, you
7:22know I talk about this a lot. We
7:24experience things through the absence of
7:27them. it pushes and pushes and pushes on
7:30us until we have to find that within
7:33ourselves or until we have to break
7:36through because we can't handle the
7:38darkness of it anymore. So this idea of
7:43being in a place where you loathe
7:46yourself, you're ashamed of yourself,
7:47you think you're such a horrible person,
7:50which isn't true.
7:52In order to get through it, in order to
7:55survive, you have to begin grasping at
7:59the little shards of light, the little
8:02pieces where you can begin to love
8:04yourself and see the goodness in
8:06yourself and then grow those
8:09experiences. So, if you were wanting to
8:11have a life where you learned how to
8:13accept yourself,
8:16flawed and all, because if you are in
8:19human form, you are flawed. There is
8:22nobody perfect here on this planet. We
8:24all have issues. So to be able to accept
8:27and love yourself, not because you're
8:30perfect, but because you are imperfect,
8:34huge opportunity when we're looking at
8:36addiction. Along with that is
8:38forgiveness and releasing guilt. you may
8:42have done or somebody who is an addict
8:44may have done a lot of really horrible
8:46things while under the influence or in
8:50order to get their drug behavior of
8:52choice, they may have done harmful,
8:55hurtful things,
8:58you have to find a way to accept
9:01yourself, forgive yourself
9:04for what happened in the past to be able
9:08to center yourself in the present moment
9:11and the choices you make right now. And
9:14to love yourself and accept yourself for
9:15the choices and for the being that you
9:17are today
9:20and let go and love the being that you
9:23were previously who was doing their
9:26best, going through this challenge
9:30and made mistakes and made errors but
9:33learned from them because you're here
9:35right now and grew from them. And so
9:39this became that person is part of your
9:41story. So this is why forgiveness can be
9:44a huge huge lesson in the addiction
9:47experience. Overcoming fear can also be
9:49a big one in the reason that we're
9:52selecting uh addiction. Perhaps you're
9:55using the behavior, the drug, etc. to
9:59plaster over fear. And so that's what
10:02you want to work on. could also be about
10:04developing discipline,
10:06uh, stopping impulsiveness. Often when
10:08we select these lessons, it's because
10:10we're looking at previous lifetimes.
10:13Usually, actually, not often, usually,
10:15it's because we're looking at previous
10:16lifetimes and looking at what did I do
10:19wrong or what do I wish I did better?
10:21What did I not really get? And if you've
10:24had previous lifetimes where you haven't
10:26taken responsibility for yourself, where
10:28you've behaved really impulsively, where
10:31you really didn't pay attention to
10:32consequences, it could be that addiction
10:35was selected in this lifetime so that
10:37you could learn how to operate those
10:39muscles of discipline and of
10:42self-restraint and of self-respect and
10:45of self- nurturing too. That can also be
10:48a reason to select addiction and also
10:51learning how to receive help. Often we
10:54choose physical illnesses or physical
10:57disabilities in order to be in a place
10:59where we receive help. But it could be
11:01that there were a few different things
11:03that you had the opportunity to learn in
11:07uh dealing with addiction and receiving
11:09help was one piece of that larger story.
11:12Now there are other reasons that
11:14addiction was selected beyond wanting to
11:18learn particular lessons. Sometimes it's
11:21actually about karmic balancing. Perhaps
11:23you really disrespected your body or
11:26disrespected other people's bodies in
11:28previous lifetimes. So in this lifetime
11:31you wanted to have the experience of
11:33disrespecting the body through drugs,
11:35alcohol, behaviors etc. So that you can
11:39balance the scales. Another reason
11:42people select addiction and I think this
11:45is a beautiful one is because they want
11:48to help other people who are addicted.
11:51And so they know they need to go through
11:53the experience of addiction in order to
11:56truly help people that are having that
11:58experience. So they willingly go through
12:00that pattern
12:02so that they can help the world, help
12:05other folks. Now note while we're
12:08talking about the pre-birth planning
12:09process, it is not simply the soul
12:13experiencing addiction that plans this
12:15as part of their life. Also, the people
12:18around them are part of that selection
12:21process. We do hear a lot about that
12:24when we're looking at doing past life
12:27regressions or near-death experiences
12:30when we're talking about folks that are
12:32looking at their pre-birth planning
12:34process and the folks around them that
12:36are involved because it is not simply
12:39the addict that is learning lessons.
12:42People around them have the opportunity
12:44to learn lessons as well. Sometimes
12:47those lessons are around setting
12:49boundaries. That's very common. If
12:51you're somebody that in previous lives
12:54often gave too much or let people walk
12:58all over them or whatever that story
13:00was, it could be that you said, "Okay,
13:03I'm going to be I'm going to sign up
13:05with being your parent or your child or
13:07your sibling or your loved one in this
13:09lifetime because it means because of
13:12your behavior, I'm going to have to set
13:14boundaries because it's just going to be
13:16too much." That could be one reason that
13:18that that was like, "Yeah, I could get
13:20some value out of this experience." It
13:22could be that the person said, "Okay,
13:25because they wanted to practice
13:26compassion. They wanted to practice
13:28love. They wanted to practice being able
13:30to support somebody through some really
13:32challenging times." But it also could be
13:35because they're going to need to learn
13:37how to deal with self-care. They're
13:39going to need to deal with anger.
13:40Whatever that addiction is pushing on
13:44the people around them, it's giving them
13:46an opportunity to grow and develop in
13:48some way. Not a fun way. Earth is not
13:53fun. Usually being a human being, not
13:57fun. Not a great ride. At least in this
14:01time period, it's particularly hard. But
14:04is through these hardness, these
14:07challenging experiences that we our push
14:11to get stronger, to get deeper, to
14:15become our best selves. That's the
14:18opportunity that is being presented here
14:20is to really tap into the beauty that we
14:23all possess within ourselves through
14:26being kind of pushed like a diamond. You
14:28know, our little diamond analogy. So,
14:30this is part of the reason why this was
14:32selected. Now, let's talk about the
14:34work. How we can work with addiction.
14:37What it's really calling on us in our
14:40lives right now. Not before we were
14:43born, but right now. At its heart,
14:46addiction is about a wound or pain that
14:51we have
14:53and that we're using this behavior,
14:55substance, etc. in order to handle or
14:59treat the wound. The thing I think is
15:02interesting about this is addiction is a
15:05solution.
15:06Whatever that behavior is, it's a
15:08solution. It's a bad solution. It's a
15:11horrible solution,
15:13but it is what we have access to to help
15:16us with the pain that we're
15:18experiencing. Because being a human is
15:20very painful. all of these emotions and
15:23the stuff that goes on in our head and
15:25how mean we are to ourselves and how
15:27mean other people are to us or how we
15:29are to other people etc. It's really
15:32hard. So when we reach for whatever this
15:35activity is this is a way of treating a
15:39wound. The analogy that I was thinking
15:42about, I think that's really
15:44appropriate, is if you had a wound,
15:47right, that let's say you got sliced and
15:50you cut an artery and you're bleeding
15:52profusely and you're like, I need to
15:55deal with this. And the only thing at
15:57hand is this muddy, oily rag. And you
16:02grab it and you put it on the wound to
16:04stop it bleeding. Now, it's not good cuz
16:06it's dirty, right? It's festering. it's
16:09going to cause illness in that arm and
16:13it's not really going to fix the artery.
16:16Like you need stitches, you need you
16:19need medical care, but in the moment
16:23you're using what you've got at hand to
16:25help you with that wound.
16:27What the opportunity is here is to find
16:30something better than a dirty rag to
16:32deal with this wound. And the thing to
16:34keep in mind is that the addiction is
16:38not going to heal the wound. The wound
16:40is still going to be there until you
16:43heal the wound. You need to find
16:46something that will actually suture it.
16:49That's why it's very common when you
16:52say, "Okay, well, I'm not going to use
16:54this dirty rag anymore. This is a
16:57horrible thing for me. It's making me
16:59sick." Well, if you haven't fixed it,
17:01you still need to heal it. So, you're
17:04just going to grab something else. I
17:06think a great way to illustrate that is
17:08when we talk about food addiction and
17:10people that get very um large get larger
17:13bodies because of food addiction and
17:15then opt for gastric bypass surgery.
17:18Well, what ends up happening, and I've
17:21known somebody that this happened to
17:22firsthand, is that that was just taking
17:26away the solution. you still needed a
17:29solution. So then what ends up happening
17:32often for people that have had gastric
17:34bypass surgery, not everybody obviously
17:36because a lot of people go through the
17:37therapy and they use this opportunity to
17:39heal, etc. But it's not uncommon for
17:43them to become alcoholics afterwards
17:46because the changes of their stomach
17:49have actually caused them to be able to
17:51uptake alcohol more quickly. So,
17:54unfortunately, I do know somebody that
17:56that was her situation that she right
17:58lost all that weight, but she still had
18:00the wound and ended up becoming an
18:03alcoholic. So, again, let's focus on
18:05healing the wound. So, I'm going to give
18:07you some things to react to if you are
18:10somebody who is an addict or if you're
18:12somebody who knows somebody who's an
18:14addict and you're [snorts] playing along
18:15yourself. What sounds to be what is
18:18going on here? What is the wound? Is the
18:22wound emotional pain? Is it shame? Is it
18:27fear? Is it loneliness? Is it emptiness?
18:31Is it grief? Is it unresolved trauma? Is
18:35it disconnection? Do any of those
18:38resonate as the wound, as what you are
18:41trying to escape by engaging in whatever
18:44the behavior or substance is? And then
18:47the other half of that I'm asking you is
18:50because we're looking at what you're
18:51trying to get away from. What are you
18:54trying to go towards? Are you trying to
18:57create a feeling of love? Are you trying
19:00to create a feeling of peace?
19:03Are you trying to create a feeling of
19:05belonging, connection, acceptance with
19:08other folks? Are you trying to create a
19:11feeling of safety? Are you trying to
19:13create a feeling of fun and joy and
19:15excitement?
19:17These are all clues as well as far as
19:20what it is you are trying to get
19:22towards. Now, the opportunity when we
19:25look at those things and let's say it's
19:27about connection or belonging, how can
19:30you begin to bring that into your life
19:33in a healthy way so that you don't need
19:36to get it through this unhealthy way? So
19:38again, if it's connection, 12 steps. If
19:41it's peace, perhaps that's around
19:43meditation or spirituality. If it's
19:45safety, that might be a lot around trust
19:48and learning how to trust yourself and
19:50how to create a safe space and how to
19:52really believe that you can take care of
19:55yourself, right? I find that the lesson
19:58of safety, we often focus on safety
20:01being an external situation because
20:04right the external world is very unsafe.
20:08But what it's calling for us to learn on
20:10a soul level is about trusting ourselves
20:13that we are the ones who make ourselves
20:15safe by removing ourselves from
20:17environments, by being able to take care
20:19of ourselves, by being able to say no,
20:22by being able to choose better people,
20:24etc. But I think when we look at this on
20:26a spiritual level, the opportunity here
20:29is around connecting up with your higher
20:32self, living in integrity with your
20:35higher self and who you truly are. Your
20:38lower self runs the game when you're an
20:42active participant in addiction. This is
20:44about letting your higher self run the
20:47game. Now, in doing research for this
20:50video, I wanted to have at least a few
20:51tips. Again, find professional help, but
20:55a few tips if you're dealing with this.
20:58Now, again, we hear it all the time, one
21:01day at a time, right? That is the motto
21:04for the 12step program. And I think it's
21:07particularly beautiful on a spiritual
21:09level because the only time that exists
21:12is right now. The past doesn't exist
21:16right now. The future doesn't exist
21:18right now. Whatever you did prior to
21:20this moment
21:22is not reality. It's now just a thought
21:25form. It's now just a thought form. So
21:30right now you get to make a decision and
21:32then right now. And then right now it's
21:36always about what is the highest
21:38decision you can make in that moment.
21:41What is the most right decision you can
21:44make right now? Now, I'll also recommend
21:49uh somebody called Buddha Betty, who I
21:51really love. I found out about her
21:54through her neardeath experience.
21:57And she was somebody who did basically
21:59every drug, was
22:02I think she was homeless, a prostitute.
22:05She did lots of horrible things to other
22:07people. She was talks about this
22:09herself. She did it intentionally. She
22:10hurt other people so that she didn't get
22:12hurt. That's what she had learned in her
22:14life. She was raised by addictive
22:15parents. She had extreme trauma. And in
22:19her near-death experience, she was shown
22:22her pre-birth planning. And I loved this
22:25so much. In her pre-birth planning, the
22:28way that it was shown to her was that
22:31she was in a grocery store and she had a
22:34shopping cart and she was running down
22:36the aisles and there's all these cereal
22:38boxes and on the boxes were printed
22:41things like addiction, prostitution,
22:44abuse, etc., etc. And she was just
22:47throwing them all in her cart. She was
22:50really excited to make the most of this
22:52life. I'm sure she was like, "What were
22:54you thinking?" but she's this really
22:57bright, beautiful being that is all
23:00about her recovery process from a
23:02multitude of addictions. So, if you are
23:05somebody that is actively dealing with
23:09addiction, whether you're actively
23:10engaging it or actively in recovering, I
23:13highly recommend checking her out as a
23:15resource because I think she can really
23:17speak from her own place of knowing in a
23:20way that can help you. So, I'll link to
23:22her down below in the description.
23:25Buddha Betty. Now let's talk about
23:27what's happening on the soul level when
23:29we talk about addiction. Does this
23:32damage the soul? No, this does not
23:35damage your soul. This is something that
23:38happens at a human being personality
23:42level. And in fact, it's giving the
23:44opportunity for the soul to expand and
23:47grow and gain a greater depth of
23:49knowledge and understanding. So no,
23:52don't worry. You're not breaking
23:54anything inside of you. Now that said,
23:56you may acrew karma by what you've done.
24:00You may have done some horrible things
24:02and you may choose to come back in
24:05future lives or even in this life to
24:07work through that karma.
24:09But here's the secret. Karma is not
24:13inevitable. It's something that we
24:15choose to experience because we want to
24:17write our wrongs. If we do something
24:20where we've harmed somebody else, we
24:22want to make up for it. That's part of
24:23the balancing process. But you can
24:26lighten the karmic experience through
24:29self forgiveness and through taking
24:32personal responsibility.
24:34Those two things are lightening your
24:36karmic load. That's why it's a critical
24:40step in that 12step process. I've talked
24:43a lot about how this is part of our
24:46pre-birth planning process. And you
24:48might think, I don't think so. I don't
24:52know what that's all about. Well, I made
24:54a whole video talking about the
24:56pre-birth planning process. If you want
24:58to know what all is involved, what it's
25:00all about, I break it down here. Um, I
25:03hope that you're doing okay. I believe
25:06in you. We're all here doing our best in
25:09this crazy wackadoo life. All right,
25:11I'll see you in the next one.

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