Bad Habits

How to get rid of bad habits? 

Baba explains:

Once, a devotee confessed to Swami that he was struggling with his bad thoughts and was unable to get over them. He happened to hold a letter in his hand as he put forward his plea to Bhagavan. Swami took that piece of paper and rolled it. He then gave back the letter to the devotee and asked him to straighten it. The person did that, but every time he left it, it would roll back. This happened three or four times. Then Swami took it back again and rolled it in the reverse direction. And there it was! The letter stood straight as it was before.

Bhagavan then remarked, in His inimitable way, that instead of working on our short comings, we must start or develop a new habit. If we focus our energies this way, the bad traits or activities of lower energies will shed on their own.

(Source: Radio Sai)