How to become consistent – AIR acronym
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I spoke on the topic of how to be consistent in our life. I spoke about how our moods can make us go to emotional extremes. I can't live without this person.
I can't live with this person. So how can we be consistent? I used an acronym. What was it? AIR.
So A was Association. We are very social creatures. So if we want to do something consistently, our own desire might weaken because of the moods.
But our desires can come not just linearly, by looking at something we want to do, but also triangularly, by looking at those who are pursuing that thing. So if we have association of people who are consistent, then that will give us an impetus for ourselves becoming consistent. And I was Intelligence and Intention.
So our mind will be like a child who will be very fickle when moody. But our intelligence can be an adult. And intelligence means we understand that the moods that I am going through are temporary.
They are like when a bad mood comes up, when an unhealthy urge comes up, it's not going to be forever growing like an endlessly rising line. It's like a wave. It will go, it will come down.
So it's like a tie-down wrestling match. If we just survive the present round, we will resume a neutral ground. So by keeping our intentions strong, we will be able to surf the wave instead of getting swept by the wave.
And R was? R was Recollection. Recollection means we need to use our memory as a weapon in the inner conflict. That means rather than remembering all the bad things that have happened, the bad moods, right now I am feeling bad, but have there been times when I was emotionally enriched? Have there been good times in my life? Have good things happened to me in my life? And note them down so that they are accessible to us when we need them.
And when we use that, the whole purpose of Krishna Consciousness is not just to do some rituals, but to make ourselves habituated to remembering Krishna. So that even when we are going through difficulties, difficult situations or difficult emotions, the habit of remembering Krishna will raise us above those emotions and situations. And then even if we are going through a dark time, we will understand that this is not a dungeon, it's a tunnel and we can keep walking through and we will come to light.
And each time we resist an unhealthy urge, a bad mood, that mood's capacity to ambush us weakens and our capacity to push through it strengthens. Thank you very much. Hare Krishna! Bhuvik, who is here with his parents, his question is, how can I talk to Bhagwan?