==Habits of One's Personality==
The body has We have a certain reactions to cold, heat, hunger, and you are in the habit of having these reactionsa particular logic of causes and effects, and this habit has made a kind of formation in one's physical naturethe consequences of all things, that the relation between all movements. It is, for us a creasefact which we accept, a fixed crease of the bodyeven without thinking about it, and that's how because we have always lived inside it is. Formations are the result of habitsBut if we had not always lived inside it, we would see it in another way. Similarly, there are "formations" of character; for instance, And one can make this experiment: if one is in goes out of the habit determinism of getting angry when things are not pleasing, the habit makes world as it is at present—this world which is a sort mixture of inner crease in the nature physical, vital, mental and automaticallyof something of a spiritual influence or infusion (quite veiled), without any controleverything that happens is the combination of all this—if we go out of all that (we can do it), if we rise above the physical, angry emerges. This material world as it is what is called a "formation", they are habits which have become like a part of one's characterand enter another consciousness, we perceive things totally differently.<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0407/2123-aprilnovember-19511955#p22</ref>
==Storehouse of Habits: Subconscient==
They are all the imprints deep-rooted in the subconscient, the dirty habits one has and against which one struggles. All sorts of stupidities—they are there in the subconscient, deeply rooted. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/29-march-1951#p16</ref>
==Why? The Need to Break from Grooves of Habits==
===To Discover One is free only when it is the True Identity===Divine who makes decisions in each of us, otherwise men are the slaves of their desires, their habits, of all conventions, all laws, all rules. And the more they think themselves free, the more bound they are! <ref>http://incarnateword.in/agenda/11/february-7-1970#p75</ref>
One must go deep within oneself and discover that one does not exist. Only ==To Get Rid of Habitual Surface Reactions== There are three occult sources of our action—the superconscient, the Divine existssubliminal, and so long as you have the subconscient of which we are not made that discovery, you cannot advance on the pathaware. When one has made this discovery, one becomes We are aware that one was nothing but a bundle of habitsis the surface being which is only an instrumental arrangement. In everyone there are these hundreds and hundreds The source of "selves" who speak and all is the general Nature,—universal Nature individualising itself in hundreds each person; for this general Nature deposits certain habits of completely different ways—"selves" unconsciousmovement, changingpersonality, character, faculties, dispositions, tendencies in us, fluid. The self which speaks today is not the same as yesterday's; and if you look furtherthat, whether formed now or before our birth, the self has disappeared. There is only one who remains. That is the Divine. It is the only one that may be seen always the same. <ref>http://incarnatewordwhat we usually call ourselves.in/cwm/05/8-april-1953#p23</ref>
One is free only when it But what we are on the surface is the Divine who makes decisions being constantly set in each of usmotion, changed, otherwise men are developed or repeated by the slaves waves of their desiresthe general Nature coming in on us either directly or else indirectly through others, their habitsthrough circumstances, through various agencies or channels. Some of all conventionsthis flows straight into the conscious part and acts there, all lawsbut our mind ignores its source, appropriates it and regards all rules. And that as its own; a part comes secretly into the subconscient or sinks into it and waits for an opportunity of rising up into the conscious surface; a good deal goes into the more they think themselves freesubliminal and may at any time come out—or may not, the more bound they are! may rather rest there as unused matter. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/agendacwsa/1128/februarythe-7subconscient-1970and-the-inconscient#p75p6,p7</ref>
===To Get Rid of Habitual Surface Reactions===But this is not so; one can change. There is another consciousness deeper within man - his true inner being, which is his real self, but is covered over by the superficial nature. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/anger-and-violence#p28</ref>
There are three occult sources of our action—the superconscient, ==To Discover the subliminal, the subconscient of which we are not aware. We are aware of is the surface being which is only an instrumental arrangement. The source of all is the general Nature,—universal Nature individualising itself in each person; for this general Nature deposits certain habits of movement, personality, character, faculties, dispositions, tendencies in us, and that, whether formed now or before our birth, is what we usually call ourselves. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/28/the-subconscient-and-the-inconscient#p6</ref>True Identity==
But One must go deep within oneself and discover that one does not exist. Only the Divine exists, and so long as you have not made that discovery, you cannot advance on the path. When one has made this discovery, one becomes aware that one was nothing but a bundle of habits. In everyone there are these hundreds and hundreds of "selves" who speak and in hundreds of completely different ways—"selves" unconscious, changing, fluid. The self which speaks today is not sothe same as yesterday's; one can changeand if you look further, the self has disappeared. There is another consciousness deeper within man - his true inner being, which only one who remains. That is his real self, but the Divine. It is covered over by the superficial natureonly one that may be seen always the same. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3105/anger8-andapril-violence1953#p28p23</ref>
==How to Improve Habits: Helpful Practices ==
===Will Power=== In his physical consciousness the human being is always weak and unable to get rid of or resist its habitual movements. There are three things that help. First the psychic being; the second is the inner consciousness always awake. Lastly, the Mother's force always there and receiving also a response at once from the physical consciousness. These three things together can do anything. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/levels-of-the-physical-being#p62</ref>
Begin with a small thingPeople who get angry, the habit of flying into a small detail. you insist on it with the same regularityrage; one fights against that, you seerefuses to get angry, either not to do it or to do it—you insist on it and compel yourself to do it. You make the same kind rejects these vibrations of effortanger from one's being, but it is more of this must be replaced by an inner effort. After taking these and succeeding with themimperturbable calm, you can unite with a greater force and try a more complicated experiment. And graduallyperfect tolerance, if you do this regularlyan understanding of the point of view of others, you will end up by acquiring an independent a clear and very strong willtranquil vision, a calm decision—which is the positive side. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0607/315-novemberjune-19541955#p17p13</ref>
===Surrender The important thing is to Divine=== get rid of the habit of the invasion of troubling thoughts, wrong feelings, confusion of ideas, unhappy movements. These disturb the nature and cloud it and make it more difficult for the Force to work; when the mind is quiet and at peace, the Force can work more easily. It should be possible to see things that have to be changed in you without being upset or depressed; the change is the more easily done.<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/silence#p18</ref>
Surrender means to consecrate everything in oneself to the Divine, to offer all one is and has, not to insist on one's ideas, desires, habits etc., and to allow the divine Truth to replace them by its knowledge, will and action everywhere.<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/surrender#p4</ref>===By Will Power===
The method of detachment from the insistence of all mental and vital and physical claims and calls and impulsionsBegin with a small thing, a concentration in small detail. you insist on it with the heartsame regularity, austerityyou see, self-purification either not to do it or to do it—you insist on it and rejection of the old mind movements and life movements, rejection of compel yourself to do it. You make the ego same kind of desireeffort, rejection but it is more of false needs an inner effort. After taking these and false habitssucceeding with them, are all useful aidsyou can unite with a greater force and try a more complicated experiment. And gradually,but the strongestif you do this regularly, is self-offering you will end up by acquiring an independent and surrender of ourselves and of our parts of nature to the Divine Being, the Ishwaravery strong will. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2206/the3-triplenovember-transformation1954#p19p17</ref>
===By Perseverance===
When one wants to change something of the material life, whether the character or the functioning of the organs or habits, one must have an unfaltering perseverance, be ready to begin again a hundred times the same thing with the same intensity with which one did it the first time and as though one had never done it before. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/30-march-1955#p22</ref>
===By Detachment===
Detach means to stand back and refuse to look on the movement as his own (the soul's own) and look on it as a habit of past nature or an invasion of general Nature. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/inner-detachment-and-the-witness-attitude#p6</ref>
===By Surrender to Divine===
Surrender means to consecrate everything in oneself to the Divine, to offer all one is and has, not to insist on one's ideas, desires, habits etc., and to allow the divine Truth to replace them by its knowledge, will and action everywhere.
<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/surrender#p4</ref>
The method of detachment from the insistence of all mental and vital and physical claims and calls and impulsions, a concentration in the heart, austerity, self-purification and rejection of the old mind movements and life movements, rejection of the ego of desire, rejection of false needs and false habits, are all useful aids,but the strongest, is self-offering and surrender of ourselves and of our parts of nature to the Divine Being, the Ishwara. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/22/the-triple-transformation#p19</ref>
===How to Change Different Parts of The Being?===
To change one's body one must The physical consciousness is full of inertia—it wants not to move but to be ready moved by whatever forces and that is its habit. This inertia has to do millions of times be cured by putting it into contact with the right forces from above. To aspire for the same thinghigher wideness, purity and peace, because so that that may occupy the physical and the body is a creature true Force work instead of habits these invading ideas and functions by routine, and because to destroy a routine one must persevere for yearsimpulses. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0731/30difficulties-of-the-marchphysical-1955nature#p24p20</ref>
In his physical consciousness The spirit of vital falsehood, dramatic and romantic, obscurs the human being is always weak reason and shuts out common sense and unable to simple truth. To clear the vital, one must get out of it all compromise with falsehood—no matter how specious the reason it advances—and get rid the habit of or resist its habitual movementssimple straightforward psychic truth engraved in it so that nothing may have a chance to enter. There are three things that help<ref>http://incarnateword. First in/cwsa/31/the psychic being; -nature-of-the second is -vital#p15</ref> One must have the inner consciousness always awakehabit of mental concentration. LastlyThe habit of meditation, reflection, analysis, deduction, mental organisation. Otherwise, if one is just "like that", if one lives life as it comes, then it is exactly like a public square: there are roads and on the Mother's force always there roads people pass by, and receiving also a response then you find yourself at once from the physical consciousness. These three things together can do anythingcross-roads and it all passes through your head—sometimes even ideas without any connection between them. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3109/levels-of-the8-physicaljanuary-being1958#p62p9</ref>
===True Connection with Divine===