There are not only small habits like fiddling with one’s fingers, but also sexual habits, habits of patterns of thought, and various activities. I think this, I conclude this, and that has become a habit. I live in habits; my whole life is a structure of habits. How is the mind to be aware of the entire mechanism of habit? One has a thousand and one habits: the way you brush your teeth, comb your hair, the way you read, the way you walk. One of the habits is wanting to become famous or wanting to become important. How is the mind to become aware of all these habits? Is it to become aware of one habit after another? Do you know how long that would take? I could spend the rest of my days watching each habit and yet not solve it. I am going to learn about it, I am going to find out; I’m not going to leave it. I am asking: is it possible for the mind to see the whole network of habits?

From The Impossible Question

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