My habits are me.

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> - What I am doing right now, is it

> likely to work towards to build a

> 'habit' [and, thereby building a " me " ]

> of compassion, kindness, love,

> understanding and peace or is it

> likely to build a 'habit [thereby,

> change " me " ] of unconsciousness, fear

> , greed, anger and revenge?

 

 

And, I have noticed [and read] that

'habit', 'conditioning' is not choice -

it is automatic. Whatever I think,

whatever I speak and whatever I do

changes me [the Brain, the Body] in a

real way.

 

 

Whatever I think, whatever I

speak and whatever I do works to build

a 'habit' and 'conditioning' - by

building new neural pathways, by

strengthening existing ones or by

weakening other ones and by doing so it

Always 'changes' the kind of person I

am. I build a 'person' [ " me " ] by

whatever I do.

 

 

And, in the end, I can do No Better

than - 'What I am'!

 

 

'What I am' - can either be greatest

'gift' to the world or it can be my

greatest 'punishment' to it.

[Guest guest]

[...]

 

>

> Whatever I think, whatever I

> speak and whatever I do works to build

> a 'habit' and 'conditioning' - by

> building new neural pathways, by

> strengthening existing ones or by

> weakening other ones and by doing so it

> Always 'changes' the kind of person I

> am. I build a 'person' [ " me " ] by

> whatever I do.

>

 

 

 

Thich Nhat Hanh: In Buddhist

psychology, we speak of consciousness

in terms of seeds. We have a seed of

anger in us.

 

We have a seed of compassion in us.

The practice is to help the seed of

compassion to grow and the seed of

anger to shrink.

 

When you express your anger you think that you

are getting anger out of your system,

but that's not true. When you express

your anger, either verbally or with

physical violence, you are feeding the

seed of anger, and it becomes stronger

in you. It's a dangerous practice.

 

 

That's why recognizing the seed of

anger and trying to neutralize it with

understanding and compassion is the

only way to reduce the anger in us. If

you don't understand the cause of your

anger, you can never transform it.

 

 

Many people have the view that

happiness and enlightenment are things

that happen only in the future, and

that maybe only a few people are

capable of experiencing them.

Enlightenment can seem like a very

unattainable thing.

 

 

Happiness and enlightenment are living

things and they can grow. It is

possible to feed them every day. If you

don't feed your enlightenment, your

enlightenment will die. If you don't

feed your happiness, your happiness

will die. If you don't feed your love,

your love will die. If you continue to

feed your anger, your hatred, your

fear, they will grow. The Buddha said

that nothing can survive without food.

That applies to enlightenment, to

happiness, to sorrow, to suffering.

 

 

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