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Humans are very adaptable. We quickly and deeply form habits and fall into routine. This comes about through the mind’s ability to ‘get by’ and it’s conservation of mental energy. Once we form a habit, they can be very hard to break. However, It’s only when breaking a habit we see its strength and hold on us. We need to live presently, consciously, turn down the auto pilot, to “Step out of the bureaucracy of ego” as Tibetan teacher Chogyam Trungpa counsels (After the Ecstasy, the Laundry(aff)).
