If our mind’s software is very corrupted, how can we handle it?

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So, what to do if the computer program, software is very corrupted? So, there is, we always have free will.
Our free will, the scope of our free will may be limited, but we never lose free will entirely. What do I mean by that? That, say, because of the software being corrupted, certain desires come very forcefully within us. We get certain urges, certain pullings.
Come on, do this, come on, do that, eat this, do that, touch that, whatever it may be. Now, when those forceful urges come, we may not be able to resist at that time. But, it is not that those urges, they trouble us all the time.
If we consider electricity wave, there are sometimes power spikes, where suddenly the voltage goes up. So, now these spikes are not constant. So, like that if you consider the graph of our desires, of our consciousness, sometimes, sometimes some desire, some passions, some anger, whatever it may be, sometimes it spikes up.
Now, depending on the extent of the corruption of the programming, how much the spike is, that will vary. But still, this spike is not constant. The spike is intermittent.
It comes, it goes, it may come after sometime again. So, sometime when the spike comes, it may be impossible to resist. But, what is important is, what we do between the spikes.
If in between those spikes, so when the corrupted, corrupt program starts acting up and makes us do something unhealthy, at that time, even if we are not able to resist, what do we do after that? What do we do in between? If in between, we are giving you time to strengthen ourselves spiritually. Okay. Good one.
Music was the motivation. Okay, nice. So, till now the mic was not on at all.
It’s gone off now, yeah? Yeah, it’s off. Okay, yeah. So, if we understand that the spikes, they don’t stay constantly, and in between, we strengthen ourselves, I think.
It’s not needed, I think. Yeah. So, if we don’t let the spikes define us, okay, at that time I acted like that.
But what do I do in the remaining period? At that time, I’m strengthening myself. At that time, I am doing things which cleanse me, which clarify my intelligence. Then next time when the spike comes, I’ll be able to better deal with it.
I’ll be able to resist it. So, the key thing is what we do in between the periods of the spikes. The programming in itself is not immediately resistive.
But in between, what do we do? To give an example, suppose there is a boxing match. You know, two players are fighting. And then one player just gives a big punch.
And his player is knocked down. And when they’re knocked down, it’s a punch which is knocking down, it’s not knocked out. Now, if this player wants to again fight, what should this player do? You know, they should look for encouragement, and they should look for their coach.
Okay, what should I do? Come on, fight, you can win. Fight. Now, if this player who has been knocked down looks at the opponent.
Okay, can I win? What is the opponent going to do? Never! You’re going to be killed! Accept defeat right now! Isn’t it? So, a boxer won’t consult the opponent. The boxer has to consult the coach. Similarly, when we find that because of the corrupted programming, we end up doing something undesirable.
So, the same mind with its corrupted programming first tells us, do this. And then we do it. And the same mind then turns around and says, you fool, why did you do that? You are such a dumb person.
You will never learn. You are hopeless. So, the same mind first makes us do wrong and then beats us up for doing wrong.
So, in that way, we stay floored by the mind. But what we need to do is, if we have some friends who can encourage us, especially if we have some spiritual friends, some spiritual guides, just like the boxer has a coach. The coach will encourage.
Yes, you can do it. Rise! So, if we have some friends like that, they will help us to rise again. That’s the second thing.
We cannot do it alone. We have to do it with others. So, if we have friends, that helps a lot.
Spiritually minded friends who inspire us to rise again and move on. And the third thing is that with respect to our corrupted programming, which makes us do wrong things. Actually, the urge to do something, it is not that it lasts for very long.
It comes. When it comes, it is as if it is irresistible. But after some time, it subsides.
So, if we can somehow resist during that period, it will go away. So, one way to resist it is, if I have a certain inclination to do certain things, then I try to create between me and the obstacle, me and that particular object, some obstacles. So, for example, if somebody is an alcoholic, then they want to recover from alcoholism, they are told, you know, don’t go anywhere near a bar.
Because if they are in the bar, then the urge comes and immediately they’ll act on it. But if they don’t keep alcohol close to them, then even when the urge comes, the urge may pull them to go there. But during that time, the spike may go down and they’ll realize, oh, why am I doing this? I don’t need to do this.
So, if we can create some obstacles, if say somebody is addicted to internet surfing, now go and see, look at this site, look at that site, look at that site, then have some regulation. Parents put some parental control often for the computer devices that they give to their children. Why? Because they don’t want them to surf unregulated.
So, like that, whatever it is our weakness is, if we create some obstacle between us and that particular indulgence, then that can also protect us. So, firstly, by knowing that the desires don’t always come and not becoming discouraged with what we do during that desire, but trying to bounce back in the intervening period and then having friends who will encourage us to bounce back and creating some guards by which when the urge comes also, we don’t fall. Internally, the desire may be strong, but externally, we may not succumb.
By that, gradually, we can resist that, we can resist and reject the corrupted programming of the mind. Does that answer your question? Thank you. Yeah.