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________________ UNIVERSAL LAWS between old and new habits. You will have to be very vigilant, careful and circumspect, You will have to be on the alert like a soldier who is on patrol duty at a magazine in a military cantonment. The old habit asserts itself and says. "O friend! You gave me a seat in your body and mind for twenty long years. You enjoyed several things through me. Why do you try to drive me off now? You are very cruel. I have every right and privilege from Nature, my kind mother, to remain here Maya works through me only. The entire world runs through habits only. Man clings to tea, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, smoking, cinema, novels, gambling and playing cards through the force of habits. The whole world will dwindle into airy nothing but for me. The Lila of the Lord will stop had it not been for my presence in your system I will not leave my seat in your body.” This is the law of resistance. If the man who is attempting to eradicate an evil habit is careless, the old habit will recur again. In the beginning it may recur less frequently and last for a long time. Or it may recur less frequently and last for a short time But you will gain strength and gradually it will perish altogether and the new good habits will gain supremacy eventually. If a new healthy habit is introduced even once and if you make even a single attempt in planting a new good habit, the good habit will grow gradually. It will also assert itself to gain a seat in the body and mind. It will work itself till it gets perfect success 109
SR No.011086
Book TitlePractice of Karma Yoga
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorSwami Sivananda
PublisherDivine Life Society
Publication Year1980
Total Pages329
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size30 MB
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