Well off late, i have been quite anguished with my bad habits. As if nobody is! Hmph... Now i am not going to discuss the problem, but would like to go for the solution. Usually what we do is that we focus more on the problem rather than on the solution, even i used to do that. But not anymore.
Opened "Celebrating Silence" and got my answer. And yeah since our true nature is to share, i am going to do that :)
Guruji says : You want to get rid of bad habits because they give you pain and restrict you. Habits clog you when there is no liveliness or juice in life. The nature of habits is to bother you, or bind you, and wanting to be free is the nature of life. Life wants to be free and when a soul does not know how to be free, it wanders through lifetimes desiring freedom.
The way to break bad habits is through vows, or samyama. Everyone is endowed with a little samyama. When your life force has a direction, you can rise above bad habits through samyama.
When the mind dwells on the useless thoughts of bad habits, two things can happen. First, all your old patterns arise and you feel discouraged by them. You blame yourself and feel that you have made no progress.
Second, you see the habits as opportunities for samyama, and feel happy. Without samyama, life will not be happy and disease-free. You know you should not eat three servings of ice-cream because it will make you sick. It is samyama that prevents such indulgence.
A vow should be time bound, and the time and place for making the vow should be considered. Suppose someone has a habit of smoking cigarettes and says, "I will quit smoking," but cannot do it. He can take a time bound vow for 90 days. If you have a habit of cursing and swearing, take a vow not to use foul language for 10 days. Do not take a vow for a lifetime ; you will break it immediately. If you happen to break it before the time has elapsed, do not worry. Just begin again. Slowly increase the duration until it becomes your nature.
All those habits that bother you, that bring you pain - bind them in vows, in samyama.
What I say : So, the remote control of our life is in our hands. Just recharge the battery and tune in to some really nice channels :)
Love,
Siddharth
PS : For the next "four" Sunday's, i am going to write some beautiful knowledge by Guruji. Don't miss it :)
PPS : If you really understood this post, then comment on as to why have i written "four" in italics?
3 comments:
The post went over my head, to be very honest with you...its not difficult to understand, but I found it a little abstract! Though there's one thing I have experienced...that bad habits are really difficult to shed once they're with you!
What is so difficult?
bouncer!
u said four in italics cause that's the small goal you are setting for your sayyam period. :)
Call me and tell me i am wrong.
u know me .. i wait for your test scores. ;)
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