The Habit Of Our Thinking

When we think about habits, most of the time, we think bad habits such as drinking, swearing, smoking, eating and so on. But if we take the time to ponder on this, we will realize that everything is a habit -- procrastination is a habit, wealth is a habit, poverty is a habit, health is a habit.

We do everything as a form of habit. It originates from how we think, and then how we act and so on. So if we want to change a part of us that doesn't serve us, but we keep repeating the same habit, what do we need to do? We need to change the habit of our thinking. Because everything originates from our thoughts.

Sit down and ponder on this: what is your most frequent thought that surfaces in your mind? Most of the time we are not even aware of them. We are not aware of the things that we utter, even.

I once had a misunderstanding with someone, and the habit that this person (unknowingly) has is saying: I don't care. Whether said in a joking way or seriously, I have no idea. But just by uttering these three words, it has caused a lot of misunderstandings!

How do you respond to someone who says, I don't care when you are trying to have a serious conversation with them? Or if you want to put your point across in a discussion?

These three words act as a frame or a set up for the entire conversation. From my end, I was flabbergasted he would say that! To me, it means he is saying -- I do not value what you think, your concerns are not important, you are not important in this conversation. After weeks of going nowhere in the discussion, we finally had a sit-down and thankfully this time, there was someone else with us. And when I pointed out that he doesn't care, he was shocked that I would say that! I was puzzled and said, but that's what you said. At that point, the other person agreed that it is the person in question's habit of saying unconsciously: I don't care, that has been the root cause of misunderstanding and frustration.

Can you imagine? He uttered those three words over and over again and did not even mean them. It was just a very bad habit of speaking that came from a broken record in his subconscious mind. I wonder how many other misunderstandings he has had in his life because of this!

So now is as good a time as any to ponder deeply on your most frequent thoughts, the words you say out of habit. How have they been sabotaging you, your relationships with your loved ones, your friends, your relationship with your work/career, life purpose, your relationship with money, the earth, your environment?

How has a simple thing such as a habit of repeated actions, thoughts, words prevented you from achieving what you have always wanted?

As you ponder deeply -- make a list of the habits you want replacing. For e.g. in the context of the example, I gave above, if you have a habit of saying, I don't care, replace it with: I hear you. A change in habit can change the whole dynamics of one's connection with others and the Universe.

Change your habits, change your outcome. The habit of our thinking has more power than we realize.

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