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"Kicking out Bad Habits" by Kartikeya Dasa

-Edited By Rohit Iyer

How do I overcome my Bad habits? This would most certainly be eligible to be a popular FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) in our lives.
In one's youth, this a the major challenge one has to face. Nowadays due to Handy technology, the youth is addicted to many vices like watching some abominable videos or images, getting into some illicit relation or sensual gratification through artificial means.
Many have realized that this is something which they have to give up as it affects one's life, along with the lives of others living with them, adversely. Controlling oneself becomes difficult by which one can turn out to be insane, trying in vain, and ultimately throw his life out of balance.
The best part is - after realizing that this is a bad habit one tries to give it up but finds it to be very difficult. They eventually give up the thought of overcoming bad habits and continues to live an unbalanced life.
Let's analyze and find out an easy way to do this.

When do we go for some activity which is not good or socially prohibited? Normally when no one is there around us.

It's a simple logic that a teenager will not watch some adult content in front of his parents or anyone for that matter. All such activities are done in seclusion when no one is there around us.
But wait a minute.... what if we get to know that there is a person keeping a continuous watch on us at every moment and on our every activity?... One will surely not dare to do any activity which is not good.
Fortunately or unfortunately there is a person like that who is always with every person in every walk of life.
Mundaka Upanishad talks about this person. It states that there are two birds sitting on a branch of a tree, one bird is eating the fruit and the second bird is just watching passively. This 1st bird is all of us as individuals and the 2nd bird is the Supersoul in our hearts. This supreme soul keeps a watch on every activity that we do without interfering in that particular activity.
So if one realizes this amazing fact of the eternal presence of this beautiful personality with us at every moment of our life then there is no question of indulging ourselves in any bad activity.
But how to realize His presence is the biggest question? The only answer to this question is, in this Age of Kaliyuga we can realize the presence of The Supreme Personality only by chanting his holy names!
This is how one can kick out bad habits by Chanting the holy names of the Lord with complete faith and sincerity.

 --Kartikeya Dasa

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