I was sitting at a gathering of one teacher of
wisdom when a question about smoking weed
came up. The person clearly understood that
this habit was a burden for him: his attention
was scattered, and he wasn’t able to finish
things. But he enjoyed the process and
couldn’t find a way to quit. The teacher gave a
short answer, ‘Whatever is inefficient will fall
off by itself. So, don’t worry’.
I remembered this phrase and started testing
whether this was true for me or not. And that’s
what I realized. When we fight against
something, we overemphasize it; we empower
it, we give it importance. The harder we try to
overcome a bad habit, the stronger it
becomes, the longer we get stuck in it.
Aggression always creates aggression, and
peace always creates peace.
The first thing we need to do is to accept the
way things are now. Whether we like it or not,
we’re not perfect. The more we blame
ourselves on doing something wrong, the
more we stuff ourselves with negative
emotions. These emotions accumulate in our
body and potentially could cause a prolonged
depressive state or a decease.