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The idea of integrating with the Beast is just new age "can't we all just get along" silliness, coupled with a misunderstanding of what the Beast of Rational Recovery is, or what AVRT is. The Beast is not the entire mid-brain, which has legitimate functions necessary for our survival.

If a car is coming at you at high speed, for example, the mid-brain will probably save your life by urging you to jump out of the way quickly. The Beast is only that new, rogue survival drive pointing south towards death, instead of north towards life.

In any case, the mid-brain really is distinct from the neo-cortex, and in civilized society, must usually be inhibited. The mid-brain routinely suggests doing things that we had better not do, unless we want to go back to living in a lawless, amoral jungle.

The Beast gives rise to a new persona -- a rogue, amoral style of thinking that promotes, protects, and perpetuates the addiction. This, of course, is what we call the Addictive Voice, and one very vital function of the Addictive Voice is to conceal its own nature and identity. This is why, while addicted, the AV appears to be you.

The Big Plan forces a breakdown of this illusion. The Beast will try and defend itself against the Big Plan, but in doing so, it exposes itself. Against the backdrop of the BP, in which you return to being an abstainer from hedonic drugs, as you once were, the AV stands out for recognition as "not you", but rather, as the bark of the Beast.