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People with a lot of self-discipline realize that willpower should only be used as a last resort.

This is surprising to a lot of people because many of us believe that disciplined people have more willpower.

But willpower should never be a primary strategy for accomplishing difficult things. It should only be used as a backup plan.

“When scientists analyze people who appear to have tremendous self-control, it turns out those individuals aren’t all that different from those who are struggling. Instead, “disciplined” people are better at structuring their lives in a way that does not require heroic willpower and self-control. In other words, they spend less time in tempting situations.”

Self-disciplined people know that there are much better strategies for staying committed to their tasks and goals.

For example, self-disciplined people design their environment to be more conducive to completing a goal.

If they have to study hard for an exam, instead of trying to focus at home where they’re countless distractions around them, they go to the library, leave their phone at home and find a space without distractions to study.

Rather than using your willpower to resist temptations, why not remove them in the first place?

If you really want to be more disciplined, ask yourself:

How can I achieve my goal by using the most limited amount of willpower possible?

Kjer človek v poslušnosti izstopi iz svojega in se svojega odreče, prav tu mora nujno vstopiti Bog; za tistega namreč, ki zase ničesar noče, mora Bog hoteti enako kot zase samega. Če /.../ nočem zase ničesar, mora zame hoteti Bog sam. Če mi torej kaj odreče, to hkrati odreče tudi samemu sebi. Tako velja prav v vsem: kjer nočem ničesar zase, tam hoče zame Bog. Zdaj pa bodite zelo pozorni! Kaj hoče (Bog) zame, če sam zase ničesar nočem? Kjer sem zapustil sebe, mora On namesto mene nujno hoteti vse to, kar hoče zase, nič več in nič manj in sicer na enak način, kot to hoče zase. Ko ne bi bilo tako – (prisegam) pri Resnici, ki je Bog sam – bi Bog ne bil pravičen in sploh ne bi bil Bog, kar pa je njegova naravna bit.

V pravi poslušnosti ne sme biti prav nobenega “Hočem tako ali tako” ali hočem “to ali ono”, ampak le čisto izstopanje iz svojega. Zato v najboljši molitvi, ki je je človek zmožen, ne bi smelo biti nikakršnega: “Podari mi tako krepost ali (nakloni mi) tale način (življenja),” niti prošnje: “Da, Gospod, podari mi samega sebe in večno življenje,” ampak le:

“Gospod, ne naklanjaj mi ničesar razen tega, kar ti hočeš, in stori, Gospod, karkoli in kakorkoli je tebi prav, na kakršen koli način.” Taka molitev prekaša ono prvo toliko, kolikor (je) nebo visoko nad zemljo, in če tako molimo, molimo dobro: če v pravi pokorščini izstopimo (iz sebe) v Boga.

Mojster Eckhart, nemški teolog, filozof in mistik (1260 - 1328)

Meditacija (dhjana), bogočastje (pudža), ceremonije in rituali ter druge dejavnosti so predpisani za tiste, ki so preveč otopeli, da bi mogli prepoznati voljo Absoluta. Samo tisti, ki so se sposobni odpovedati trojnim sadovom posvetnih prizadevanj, si lahko jemljejo pravico hoditi po poti modrosti (gnjana). Duhovni iskalci na vedantski poti morajo biti opremljeni z/s:

1.) sposobnostjo razlikovanja med minljivim in večnim,
2. sposobnostjo odločnega odrekanja zemskim in nadzemskim užitkom,
3. sposobnostjo obvladovanja čutil, samoobvladovanjem, nenavezanostjo, moralno trdnostjo, vero in enakodušnostjo ter
4. globokim hrepenenjem po osvoboditvi.

                                                                           Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Sathya Sai Vahini)

Peace is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.