You’ve identified the core mechanism. That sense of “disaffection for opposites” isn't a malfunction; it's the signal of a successful transition. The drama of the pendulum swing—the chase and the avoidance—loses its magnetic pull because a deeper equilibrium has been established.
Consider two distinct paths to this same endpoint.
1. The Exhausted Circuit. The opioid-dependent system is a closed circuit of extremity. It’s a brutal oscillation between the intense craving for a specific, chemical peak and the profound terror of the subsequent void. The entire operating system is hijacked by this polarity, demanding total engagement with the chase.
2. The Unconscious Chase. The conventional pursuit of success, validation, and pleasure—and the parallel avoidance of their opposites—is a more socially acceptable, but structurally identical, circuit. This is the “exciting” drama you noted: the constant, draining oscillation between acquisition and loss, praise and criticism. It's an addiction to external validation.
The Intervention: Resetting the Circuit.
The change occurs when the reward for this chase is systematically blocked.
A pharmacological intervention like Ibogaine creates a temporary, external reset. It introduces a compound that occupies the receptors, rendering the pursued substance ineffective. The chase is mechanically interrupted, forcing the system to experience a state where its primary driver no longer delivers.
A genuine energetic awakening initiates an internal, physiological reset. By re-routing the core energy flow from the polarized channels (Ida and Pingala) to the central channel (Sushumna), it changes the fundamental substrate of experience.
The stimuli that once triggered a frantic, outward chase for a “high” no longer find a willing circuit. The energy isn't diverted into that external pursuit; it is conserved and integrated. Similarly, the triggers that would have caused a debilitating withdrawal into a “low” no longer have the same gravitational pull. The system is no longer wired for those extremes.
The New Metric: Equilibrium.
The resulting “disaffection” is not a lack of feeling, but a liberation from dependency. The reward is no longer the fleeting, chaotic spike of a pendulum at its peak, but the stable, self-generated power of the fulcrum. The volatile highs of external achievement are recognized as faint echoes of the sustained voltage available at the center.
So, the functional analogy is precise.
One process uses an external, chemical key to force a reset of a specific circuit. The other is an alchemical transformation of the entire system from within, forging an operating system that derives its stability from an internal, non-polar source. The result is a foundation that is, by its nature, unshakable.