Repolarise the Temptation!

Repolarise the Temptation! - (804)

An Aspect of Temptation

Temptation is about getting something, what makes the temptation powerful is that there is something to be gained or obtained. The greater the desire for that attainment or the more important it is to us, the greater the force of temptation will be felt in us.

We have to know or see that that there is something positive to gain in not giving into to temptation.

Missing Out

Usually we feel that we are missing out on something or loosing something. If we see that we are gaining something when we triumph over a temptation then we can actually give ourselves a better chance in actually triumphing over or not succumbing to temptation.

To counteract this we have to contrast what we will gain by not succumbing to temptation and what we are denying and what we will lose if we fail. So it is to do the opposite of what the temptation has us do.

Conclusion

See the side of triumphing, see that something will be gained rather than something will be lost. Also see what we will lose if we fail! The main power of temptation is feeling happy, see that we will feel happy when we triumph over it because we will gain something. We think that giving in is where the happiness is, which is not true there is happiness in triumphing.

Either way temptation is something of a gift. IF we triumph we get a gift, if we fail we get a gift only that pain comes later with gift, and when we triumph happiness comes with that gift.

End (804).

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