Power vs. Force excerpt

"The Higher the attainment of each of these states [states of love, peace, enlightment] the greater the power to reprogram the subjects entire life. Just one instance in a very high state can completely change a person's orientation in life, his goals and values. It can be said the individual who was, is no more. and a new person is born out of the experience. through hard-won progress on a dedicated spiritual path, this is the very mechanism of spiritual evolution.

The permanent high-state experience that may be legitimately attained only through a lifetime of dedicated inner work can, however, be reached temporarily by artificial means[drugs].But the balance of nature dicttes that to artificially acquire that state without having earned it creates a debt, and the negative imbalance results in negative consequences. The cost of such stolen pleasure is the desperation of addiction, and finally both the addict and society pay the price. "