We give up chocolate for a week then we relapse, and in the relapse we eat in one or two sittings, all that we missed out on during the previous week.
It is like the swing of the pendulum and so very naturally mathematically exact.
This doesn't apply just to stopping eating chocolate but mental and emotional habits as well, especially the egos that are behind these habits. For example, instead of chocolates it could be criticism or judgement, or annoyances.
The way we work with the pendulum starts by knowing it and knowing that the pendulum swing effect is what will happen if we provoke it.
We provoke the pendulum by not understanding what we are doing and just mechanically stopping a habit, for example.
The pendulum swing effect is avoided by approaching stopping a habit by first being armed with good reasons that are deeply significant to us. Secondly, work to stop the pendulum gradually by coming to the centre slowly and smoothly.
The pendulum is defeated gradually through creative comprehension. If the comprehension be deep the pendulum can be stopped at once.
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