Why Do We Have to Change Our Habits?

There is a saying, “Change your habits, and your life will change.” It is true that habits govern much of our lives, but the key question is why should we change them and what should we change them to?

We need to change our habits to those that bring about spiritual actions and connections. Doing so first requires gaining a deep understanding of our habits, i.e., to learn where they come from, how they become formed, and what drives them. When we understand habits from their root, we can then begin to transform them.

But what should we change them to? What are good habits? There are no good habits. By their nature, habits are inherently limiting. They fix us in place and prevent growth. Even what might seem like a good habit ultimately turns into a form of stagnation.

What is good, however, is constant ascent—rising from one positive action to an even greater one. Such a process is not habitual though. It requires us to go against our natural tendencies, breaking free from automatic behaviors. This is no easy task. It demands tremendous effort.

However, if we hold a higher, powerful goal in our sights as well as a supportive environment of teachers, friends, and texts that support such a motion, we can then rise above our habits by uniting around life’s meaning and purpose: to positively connect with threads of love and bestowal in our connection. The coupling of life’s ultimate goal with a strong supportive environment can then shift us into a continually creative mode of breaking free from our previous habitual stagnation and entering into increasingly greater connections of love and bestowal, aligning more and more with nature’s laws of love, bestowal, and positive connection in the process.

Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on June 3, 2019. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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