One of my friends is an ISCKON member and strongly believes in vegetarian food habit. I told him, "I will leave nonveg when it happens. I.e. why should I leave something? A habit or act, if detrimental, should feel disgusting. Then I just can't do it anymore. I need not put effort to leave it."
Thinking again on my logic, I am forced to go a bit deep. Should we force change in our behavior? Will habit, accrued by force, be long lasting? Wont it be better to live and wait for the change to happen, instead of forcing the change?
A thief can say that his act of stealing has a purpose and he will continue it till he feels disgust for it. More horrible practitioners (!) like pedophiles or homicides can also put such a logic!
And, there is a more subtle tinge here. I am not discussing about criminals and laws. I.e. I am not talking about forced changes. I am talking about a man who knows that his behavior might be hurting someone and does realize its impacts. But at the same time he still enjoys his act. Should he try to force a change upon himself? The question becomes still more complicated if I limit my concern to acts which are not universally bad! For example, lets go back to the example of eating meat or moderate drinking. Should I force a change, be a new man?
5 comments:
Till you are enjoying something you cant(in any case)leave any habit. And one should not force himself. All one can do is self realization. Until a hate develop in ones mind towards that habit or the object of habit one cannot leave it totally.
By forcing yourself is not a ever lasting.
For me, a tranquility of soul and mind is what which is prominent. A savant might be imbibed with bad habits, but i think, its cacophonous only when it is contentious to the society.
Its all borrowed words Biplab and Joshi! Is this what you have realised? Is this what you have come to a conclusion with? I doubt... Uncluttered inquiry is the step no. one; and for that we need to be free of all these preconceived notions...
watch this , for specified habit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odgldsDVDis ...
even after watching this if ur heart insist you to carry on the habit of nonveg and dont listen anything anyone.
certainly this is also a borrowed clip . aren't our habits are borrowed or developed by external sources?
Deepak you have completely lost the thread :)
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