Passion, Obsession and the Tao

How do you distinguish an obsession from your spiritual path? Can your spiritual passion become an obsession? I find that the enthusiastic feeling you experience along the Tao is very different from an obsession or an addiction, though you feel a high in both cases. The first difference is that with every obsession you feel the blood running through your veins, whereas when you experience the Tao you just don't feel your body. A second difference is tunnel vision. When you run after your passion you block everything out and are irritated with any distraction. When you walk along the Tao instead, distractions just don't exist. Anything that happens to you, everyone and everything is connected and has a symbolic meaning. The Tao is the exact opposite of tunnel vision. The final difference is the moment after. Every high that is generated by an obsession or an addiction will have a low attached to it. The Tao, if you can stay on it, is an infinite energy provider. There is no low just because there is an ongoing Now. Enjoy!