When our past bad habits don’t go away despite repeated efforts what to do (Hindi)?

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When we, try to change our habits, and, many times, after trying, we get frustrated. Then, we get frustrated. Then, we don’t know what to do.
See, when we, try to change, then, in that, there are, two things. One is, external situation. And, second is, internally, our mind.
So, many times, if we want to change something, then, it is necessary to change the external situation. Means, if a person, if, if he is a drunkard, and, his house, is next to a liquor shop, he thinks, I will quit liquor. He thinks, it is impossible.
The thing is, if the liquor shop is next to his house, then, whenever he comes, he will go, every time, he will do whatever he wants. Now, it is not easy to change a house. But, if he, So, if you want to quit alcohol seriously, then it is necessary to change the house.
What happens is that the mind very naturally chooses the path of least resistance. The easiest path, where there is no problem, is the path of least resistance. So, if drinking alcohol is very easy, then it is least resistance.
But if you don’t get alcohol near your house, then what happens? If you feel like drinking alcohol, then you have to go there for half an hour. And if you go there for half an hour, then you feel, what am I doing? So, the mind will be awakened. So, many times we try to change the external world without changing the internal world.
What else can we do? So, anything can happen. In today’s time, many people get stuck on the internet. So, if such a situation is coming, then at that time, we put some application and close the internet access.
Block it. In the next two hours, I will put the phone in the airplane mode or close the app. So, many times, it is necessary to take help from the external world.
Without changing the external situation, we cannot change the internal world for a long time. So, it becomes difficult to get used to the external world. So, choosing the easy path of the mind is not for our benefit.
The mind thinks, I have to do so much work to do this. Now, I have to go there for half an hour to drink alcohol. So, how can we take advantage of the laziness of the mind? How can we take advantage of the laziness of the mind? The thing that we don’t want to do, we make it difficult.
If we keep something easy, then it will reduce the laziness of the mind. So, many times, it is important to change the situation. After that we can do it.
Secondly, when we are trying to change ourselves, we should not think from the internal world that there are only two states. Whether I have been able to change my state or not. Whether I am successful or not.
The inner transformation is more often analog than digital. What does it mean? It doesn’t mean that I have not done anything for a month, a year or three years. Then I will make the same mistake again.
It doesn’t mean that I will be the same as before. No. If we are looking at it this way, then if I have not done anything for a month, a year or three years, then it means that I have lost my self-control.
It doesn’t mean that I have not done anything for a day. Earlier, I used to do it many times in a day. Now, I don’t do it completely in a day.
So, I have lost my self-control. So, if there is a mistake in between, then it becomes more serious. We should be always hopeful devotees of Krishna.
We should not be frustrated devotees of initiation. Laughter It means that we should always be hopeful devotees of Krishna. It doesn’t mean that I don’t want to go ahead.
I don’t want to leave it. I couldn’t leave it. What can I do? So, even if I couldn’t do that work.
I couldn’t leave it. After that, get up. After that, do the right work.
What is it? The mind plays a very dangerous double role. What double role does the mind play? First, it considers us as the culprit. Come on, do this.
Do this. Do it again. Do it.
And then we commit a crime. And then the same mind becomes the judge in front of it. How stupid you are! Why did you do this? There is no hope.
You are like this. And you will remain like this. So, what is happening? So, what happens first? At that time, we are not in the consciousness of Krishna.
We are in the consciousness of the mind. And then we committed the crime. And after that, what is it? Why did you do? After that, we are in the consciousness of the mind.
We are not in the consciousness of Krishna. We are not in the consciousness of Krishna. So, what we have to do is we have to be in the consciousness of Krishna.
So, even if there is some wave, some very powerful desire, and that desire does some wrong work, okay, it happened, it happened. After that, think a lot. Think a lot.
In the consciousness of Krishna, the more we will be in the consciousness of Krishna, the more power we will have. So, our waves, the desires, the desires, which come from inside, it is not that they always come in an uncomfortable way. Sometimes, in between, if we see a graph of electricity, if it is at this level, there is a spike in the middle.
So, our desire, sometimes, there is a spike. It becomes very strong. And at that time, it becomes very difficult to bear it.
So, when the spike comes, even if we are not able to bear it, even if we do something wrong, what do we do after the spike is gone? If we keep thinking about it, the next time when the spike comes, it will come back. You are understanding the spike. The desire of the spike suddenly increases.
So, when it goes away, it decreases. After that, if we get in the consciousness of Krishna, then what happens to it? We increase our power with it. We become free from it.
And after that, whenever the next spike comes, then we will be able to resist it more. We will be able to say no to it. And even if we could never say no, even then, this constant desire of Krishna, gradually, we become able to resist it.
So, our desire, to live in the feeling of Krishna, to live in the feeling of Krishna, our desire, is not in not saying no to the spike. It is not that either. But the initial definition of our desire is to live in the feeling of Krishna.
Not saying no to the spike. When we say no to the spike, we define our desire. Then, even if we say yes, even if we say no to the spike, even then, we don’t know how much we are getting in the feeling of Krishna.
Now, with my willpower, with my strength, I am able to resist it. So, how can we increase it? That’s why, we have to leave the bad habits and focus on them. Do we have to plan for it? No, he doesn’t like it.
But our focus should be on Krishna. And with the grace of God, we can achieve it. And in this, we don’t have to compare with others.
For others, it can be easy to leave that habit. It is not difficult for us. Because each person is coming from a different path.
That’s why, we can take inspiration from others, but we don’t have to compare with others. Our desire is ours, and how much we are… If we are fighting in a fair way, then God will give us a chance. Even if you have to leave the bad habits, you will get a chance.
Any questions? Thank you very much.