Originally Posted by
freshstart57 
This idea of dissociation from our harmful tendencies, a core concept from AVRT, is not novel or new.
Indeed it isn't, and you can find almost direct analogues in the scriptures of many ancient religions, certainly in the Bible.
Originally Posted by
freshstart57 I am learning to appreciate the idea that we recognize distractions (such as an urge to drink, or the urge to rear-end that jerk on the freeway) as they enter our consciousness, but that we don't act on them, we don't even judge them.
This very thing is discussed in
The Art of AVRT, and an analogy is made between one's stream of consciousness and a conveyor belt.
Originally Posted by The Art of AVRT by Jack Trimpey
Your duty is to stand duty at the portal of your mind and simply recognize the Addictive Voice as it streams by. Think of a conveyor belt fed ping-pong balls through a tube, and your job is to sort the bad ones from the good. However, all the bad ones are bright red and have "Danger" written all over them. For you, the most conspicuous matter in the universe is the stuff of your addiction or ideas about it. You also that the sole cause of addiction is the Addictive Voice, the red balls. This is very easy because it takes no effort to recognize something if you know what you're looking for.
From "The Art of AVRT" (Pg 110)
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