3 June 2015 - QA 3

Despite doing sadhana (spiritual practices) and seva (service), why do I find it difficult to give up some habits or tendencies?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

This is because of greed. This happens because somewhere you feel that you are going to get some comfort out of that habit, although you do not really get anything out of it. It is just that greed for some joy or comfort keeps you stuck in the habit, but it cannot withhold you for too long. After some time you feel, “Oh, what’s the use! Let me leave it now for good”. Haven’t you felt this way sometime? How many of you have had this experience? (Many in the audience raise hands in agreement).
You feel that you have experienced enough of it, and now it is not of much importance, so you feel like letting go.