Re: No Kumbaya: The Ego is Too Addicted to Itself

"...Whatever is your habit in this moment is not wrong. It is simply a beginning. No habit is necessary but it is only tending to persist, because it has not yet been replaced by further growth..."

Its as simple as asking oneself: “Why am I wanting to be such a masochist… in destroying and hurting my own body-mind? Don't I love myself?” It becomes less difficult to move on.

I have heard that the best way to quit smoking is to simply become more watchful of yourself breathing the smoke in and exhaling the smoke out... without thinking about anything, just simply watch your breath and the smoke and the holding of the cigarette... Make it a kind of meditation... no thoughts, only witnessing the activity. Sooner or later one comes to see what this activity is doing to the health and well-being of the body and mind. It simply is a question then of asking "why do I want to do this to my own body? Why breathe in smoke rather than fresh air?" And then, of course, on a more subtle level is the chemical addiction and the consequences... "Is this any way to treat my body? ...don't i love my body... do I really love myself? Or don't I?"

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