More meditation, satsang and kriya can change habits
*Chapter 13 - Habits*
When you are pained by a habit very deeply, then you don't justify it. Usually you justify your habits.
Without justifying, if you really feel the pinch of the habit, then its pain becomes rare to you. At that moment the habit drops.
If you go to the extent of intensity of feeling the pain and dropping the habit, it leaves you.
More meditation, satsang and kriya can change habits. Proper company, restrictions in your attitude or keeping yourself busy in some creative work will also change your habits.
Do you know that chain smokers smoke less when they have a lot to do? When they have nothing to do, they smoke continuously.
If you keep totally busy, then your habits will drop. They will also drop if you are pained by them.
If you really feel the pinch and want to get over it then the surrender and prayer wells up. When prayer comes up, it changes your chemistry.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji
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