Increasing Willpower with Awareness

Title: "𝙄𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡-𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 & 𝘿𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩"

Subtitle: 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎/𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎

✶𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻: 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺/𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴). 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦. "𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜"

The following was written in response to a query we received on our Samadhan WhatsApp group in July 2024.

Original query: How to increase will power? I feel it's needed in every small situation rather than aiming at anything very big...like if I leave drinking tea for 15 says or 1 month I am able to, but after that one evening in someone's house if I take a cup my habit returns.

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🌴First, you need to clearly understand what willpower is. Say it is our 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 & 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 (𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 & 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲) and direct the senses in doing what you think is right. This is the power of "self-control" or "self mastery"

🌷One virtue you must practise in order to increase willpower is—𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. Yes, you must observe purity (celibacy at all levels) in order to keep your willpower high. 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖: 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲👉 https://www.shivbabas.org/celibacy

🌟The more "awareness" you live with—the more 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕖 you are of WHAT you are doing and WHY you are doing it—the more you are practising self-control. Thus, it is not forcefully restraining the senses, but simply "𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎"... And when we are 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕖 of what & why we are doing something, 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬/𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬/𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐞 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥) 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰.

👉It is like when the parents are present in the house, kids do not go out of control. Not becuase they fear their parents, but simply because 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, and they know what is right & wrong.

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𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 >>

This point would be more relatable to your particular situation. Yours is a generic common question of "𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯" (in relation to the asked query)

The answer is simple. As i wrote before—just "𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞" first, and then put a "WHY" "WHO" and "WHAT" question to yourself every time your senses attract you to do something unwanted.

WHY do i want to do this?

WHO am i if i am doing this?

WHAT will i get from doing this?

𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 >>

➥The WHY question will stop you immediately and demand a "reason" for continuining.

➥The WHO question will take you within & ask WHO AM I if i am doing this. This is an inner journey.

➥The WHAT question will guide you to the result (consequence) of the action you are to perform.

☝️These are the 𝟯 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. All you need to do, is 𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 extraordinary... and i promise you that you shall always do what is right for you and what serves you well.

𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚

Drinking tea is NOT going to kill you. But the question is "WHAT" is better than tea for me... and the answer is WATER. If you feel tired, some warm water with lemon will do the job. Even better is SOUP.

🌱Now you have the 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 you need, and those 3 golden questions of life.

☝️Read this message again till it is absorbed. Go now and live your life at its best. 𝔾𝕠𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 & 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡.

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𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 by Sandeep Maheshwari https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve_u9rAHmlg

𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 '𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞' by Sandeep M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVpn0f2_90g

𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 '𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥' by TEDx talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTb3d5cjSFI

𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 (Eng) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRSfhoHE4g

𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 by TEDx talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-moW9jvvMr4

☝️Please watch ALL the given videos one by one and see which of these is most relatable & helpful for you. Good luck.

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