The mind/will is like a boat in the sea (of both life itself and one’s own unconscious). It surely is a good thing to build a strong one so as not to sink in the first storm. Still better when the inner dynamics are so aligned that there is no distinction and you ARE both the sea and the boat. The first and last time I quit smoking, I was doing meditation. At one point, I realized that my shallow breathing was hindering me from going deeper. I had to choose. I chose meditation. Quit smoking on the spot and didn’t smoke for 8 years. Wu wei! Waiting for another favorable alignment is my delusion. Instead, I may try to build an inflatable boat and row away from that smoking island of addiction. Wouldn’t it be a nice odyssey toward breaking a deeply rooted routine with all the difficulties involved? The sheer challenge of it would be the incentive one needs when it comes to making a radical change. For we mortals need one. A better tasting carrot or a more scary stick!
Still, the thought of this makes me feel like Felix Baumgartner (as I imagine he did) just before his jump.
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