POWER OF HABITS
The essential disease is that the mind is identifying with this body as the self. The essential disease is that we have forgotten our true spiritual nature. We are eternal, we are full of knowledge and we are full of bliss. It is our nature to be happy sac-cid-ananda. We must have that happiness some where. The only real way to give up bad habits is to replace them with good habits. In order to have that determination and strength to do that it is necessary that we have association that will enliven us and protect us. What you associate with that what you become like..that is the law of nature. A simple example we can see in this connection is that if you put iron rod in fire after sometime in association with fire it becomes red and hot like a fire, similarly if the same iron rod if you put in ice after some time it becomes ice cold like ice due to in association with ice. Every parent their greatest concern if they love their children is who and what they are associating with. If th...