The Sacrifice of Habits – Life of the Contrary
We come now to consider our life of habits. We easily see and expect to be instructed to give up our regular habits. But, why would you do so? Do not your habits serve you to operate properly and effectively in life? Yes, and no.
The issue here is not really necessarily the concept of habits so much as learning where do those habits reside? What are we speaking of? Okay, we understand that we are composed of a machine, a historical personality. That historical personality was developed by us at an early age to deal with the immense diversity of the world. And, it worked, we have gotten this far. Sure some habits are false personality, expressions of ego. We say, gosh, its Tuesday evening, its time to watch “my” show. Or, I can’t miss the “big game.” We understand these, yes, they are an energy drain, and we should look at those as well.
But, what about another body of Habits. That body of habits that reside in and derive from the essential self. These are a consciously constructed body of habits. How do we approach this body of habits?
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