How to get rid of a bad habit permanently?

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Sai Ram,

You can try the following

1. You can tell yourself

" I am not dog; I am man " many times when you get the temptation to

commit a mistake (Swami)

2. You treat your mind as a child and leave it to roam for sometime

without your paying attention to it. It will get tired and get back

to you.(Swami)

3. You can tell your mind

" will Baba be happy with my doing the mistake?. My duty is to

make Him happy " (Swami)

4. You can take a small piece of Chalk and take an oath saying to

your mind that it can continue doing the mistake after making a

mark on the board (or cement wall) every time and only as long as

the same chalk piece lasts. The idea is that the mind is prepared to

stop the habit slowly but with determination.

In all the above suggestions please add a heartfelt prayer to

swami for help

With Love

G. Venkatasubramanian

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, " nideesh k " <sainideesh

wrote:

>

> Sairam Brother,

>

> Dont Know whether you will consider this suggestion or not. This

was

> actually told to one of our brother when he asked a question quite

similar

> to yours to one of our Senior Sai devotee in our Samity. He also

wanted to

> get rid of eating Non Veg. He tried a lot but he could'nt get rid

of the

> same. He was frustrated and then finally he raised this question

to this

> member. His answer was very simple. Dont try to control the

desire ... The

> more you try to control the desire, the more frequently you do the

same. BUT

> U CHANT SAIRAM WHILE DOING THE SAME. CHANT

SAIRAM...SAIRAM...SAIRAM....

>

> Like the More you Chant, the effect will be much More. Here slowly

the

> chants will start influencing your habits. First time or second

time or

> Third time... Dont count the no of time.

>

> A stone may be broken in the 21st hit but that does'nt mean that

the hits

> till 20 are in vain. They all have contributed to it. So You also

Need to

> Chant the Divine Name of Swamy when ever you are in Such a

Situation.

>

> Swamy will definitely help you come out of this Hectic Situation.

But you

> need to start the first step my dear friend. And once you take the

first

> step towards Swami, Our Bhagwan will definitely take 100 steps

towards You.

>

> And one more thing which I would like to Add here is that, We are

all part

> of Swami's Divine Mission. Swami has infact selected you for his

divine

> Mission. Swamy will never make a Mistake. Our Bhagwan is always

PERFECT. So

> Never ever you can be bad or worse. Swami is always there and He

will

> definitely take care of every one. Just we need to make the proper

Step from

> Our end.

>

> The fact that you Yourself felt that You are doing some thing

which Swamy

> doesnt like and you want to stop that itself is the first Step

which you

> have taken. Slowly... with Namasmarana, all the difficulties which

your are

> facing now will definitely disappear like Passing Clouds.

>

> So dont worry my dear friend. Just do the namasmarana...

>

> Praying to Swamy to Hold All of us in his divine hands....

>

> With Loving Sairams

> Nideesh

>

>

> On 8/3/08, unnikrishnan_19 <unnikrishnan_19 wrote:

> >

> > Sai Ram everyone,

> >

> > There is a saying we can move mountains but not our bad habits.

Most

> > bad habits are so strong it will overpower you and you are left

> > helpless. For almost a decade I am stuck with one bad habit I

just

> > cannot get rid of. I can probably sway it away for a couple of

days

> > the max, but it will come back with much more strength and

vengeance.

> >

> > Even if I chant sai ram it will still take over me sooner or

later.

> > Nothing seems to work. Even when I know Swami dont like what I am

> > doing, still its of no use.

> >

> > Anyone who has some experience in getting rid of bad habits

> > permanently please do provide some help. I am in a critical

situation,

> > how long will Swami tolerate by behavior?

> >

> > When I am writing this, I am writing to Swami Himself asking for

his

> > help.

> >

> > Many thanks

> >

> >

> >

>