 Hi everybody so I'm recording this towards the beginning of the year and I But this is relevant for any time in the year where you are still going back returning to trying to change a bad habit an unwise behavior and I'll use the word temptation and I'm actually really curious what you think of that word I know for some of you might sound old-fashioned or to Catholic or something some of you might be Catholic. I don't know But yeah, I'm curious if you want to comment below. I Guess because I have some background in you know Christian training. I that word makes sense to me, but I'm Interested to know generally those of you who are watching this. How does that word? Come across to you temptation. It basically means the What I just looked it up the dictionary definition is the desire to do something especially something wrong or unwise a Thing or course of action that attracts or tempts someone and So it's the idea of how do we manage our strong desires to do an action that we know from past experience isn't aligned with our values our Deeper you might say deeper desires are spiritual desires and You know, it's it's I think it's really important actually for each of us to if you care About personal growth. I mean if you care about becoming the best Version of yourself that you can be in this life if you care about fulfilling the mission of your life Right, I mean if I know In some ways just just staying alive fulfills your mission This earth school is hard enough You know in some spiritual books It's you know, I don't know how they find this information but they know this earth school is the hardest of all the planets in the universe For spiritual growth Well, whatever, but it's it's hard enough that that's for sure all of us have experienced that So just staying alive and and just just being yourself and then trying to do what you can on a day-to-day basis is enough It really is it's enough. You are unconditionally loved There there is no Nothing you can do bad thing quote-unquote bad thing There's no bad thing you can do that will take you out of God's love and God's unconditional care and unbelievably forgiving forever forgiving And you're always going to be one of the most treasured most treasured Beings in the entire universe always always always always. It's always true. And and also Hopefully from that foundation you'll be inspired to Do more than just the minimum in this life You know, and that's where temptation management comes in It is the yearning to Not just survive and just to stay alive day-to-day But and to do whatever we can to stay alive which often means to go into all kinds of temptations because that's what Well, we can't help ourselves, right? Just to stay alive, but if we want to do more than that and we say I am so inspired by God's love by the unconditional love of the universe By the fact that my soul is eternally secure and that my path towards unbelievable bliss and Love and all knowledge and power is secure Nothing can nothing I do can take me off that path ultimately Yeah, I might I might Quote-unquote waste some time in this life by by not growing but still still secure the path is always always going to be secure for you knowing and being inspired by that May may motivate you towards changing your bad habits and which is not easy obviously just living living staying alive itself is already not easy Let alone, you know trying to change your bad habits and becoming better Then you were a year ago 10 years ago yesterday. It's hard. So What I've noticed as I've Yet again I'm trying yet again to change a bad habit that I've had For most of my life most of my life All of us have that you might have something in mind for yourself I can count At least two or three bad habits. I've had most of my life when I say bad. I mean I feel is Is is basically blocking my spiritual growth Is Something that I'm like, yeah, it might feel good to do in the short term It might feel right to do in the short term But every time I reflect on it in the longer mid to long term. I'm like, yeah, I wish I didn't do that Okay, so temptation management What I've noticed requires First of all, I think talking about it helps a lot so Talking about it on a regular basis helps a lot because talking about it whether you're talking about it to another human being Or you're talking about it to an AI chatbot I mean really whatever works for you to talk about it or whether it's like me in front of the camera talking about it to the public To not a particular person, but to whoever is listening and watching You could talk about it in an anonymous writing. You could start an anonymous Twitter account or whatever account you want to start and And write about it on a regular basis You know You could post about it anonymously on on reddit to various active, you know habit management Subreddits, but find an active and there are various Facebook groups that allow you to post anonymously You could by the way, I think even if you post anonymously, I think the admins can see who your name what your name is So it's not not totally anonymous on Facebook. But anyway talking about it Regularly and by regularly I mean at least once a week if not You know more than more often than that so Whatever method find a friend who is willing to be supportive of you To willing to hear you out to talk about this that you can be that can be confidential or talk to an AI chatbot Like chat GBT or Claude or po.com whatever or pie.com or ask pie.com I think it whatever works for you to for you to be verbalizing and Processing that with another with some response back That's really I think the most helpful thing because You have to keep returning and it's a it's a battle It's a battle. You know it as you know it well, right? Because daily life is hard enough that we use these bad habits as coping mechanisms So that's why we have to talk about it. We have to know that it is a it takes real effort and So talking about it helps us keep returning to why it's important because otherwise the the daily living will instantly and and continually erode the Energy at the energy of why it's important. It just keeps it. That's just normal so you have to keep talking about it and Secondly and I'll end the here It helps a lot to have a have a basic well basic foundation of energy management I do my energy reboot You can look it up on Google energy reboot and you'll find my videos about that. I It must I must do it in order for me to have enough energy To do something when a temptation arises and to you know the way I think about these days Oh, that's insanity. That's an insane part of me that wants to take me into an insane loop That is I've seen before with long-term reflection is bad for my my soul It's bad for my you know maturity It's insanity. So when that thing idea comes I all that's a good idea to do that. I'll feel good in a moment to do that It's insanity and so That's how I'm dealing with it You know and plus a basic foundation of good energy management and talking about it on a regular basis To a I chat bots to the public to whomever I can confide it. So anyway, I hope this is helpful in some way and Thank you so much for watching I welcome your comments below on what helps you to Manage temptation and even just the word temptation or how would you like to? Overcoming a bad habit what what word of phrase is most motivating for you and how do you go about? Facing your temptations. Thank you so much