There is a great amount of similarity in the habit programs working
in the mind and software program working in the computer. We can consciously write
our habit programs but most often we do not create these programs as every user
of the computer do not write or design software program for working on
computer. (We just buy software programs and use these. Sometime these are
automatically purchased with the purchase of a hardware gadget. One more
variety is the free software available on the internet.) We use many habit programs in our mind as we
use many software programs in a computer which work in the background to do our
jobs. It is not relevant that who has created the program.
The two most
important aspect of both type of these programs are-
‘What is that program
doing?’ &
‘Is it relevant & economic to be used in our current
circumstances?’
Habits and software programs both work on logical
principles. In both the cases the work is a backend work. The user deals with
its front end counterpart which is devices/body. Many times the user is unaware
of the presence or existence of these programs.
Ever since we take birth, we are constantly programmed for
habits by the prevailing social or domestic way of working in the area of our
interest. We may even inherit some of the habit programs due to our unique
position in the society/family. In our formative years, we learn new ways of
doing things for first time and this technique is available as a habit program
in our mind to be reused. As we grow up and come out of protection provided to
us we also learn new ways of doing things in the area of our influence. The new
learnt habit programs are initiated while old programs which are not relevant
or economic are switched off. This acquisition of knowledge is a continuous
process in the life of a person. As we keep adding new software programs in the
secondary memory of the computer system, in a similar way we keep adding
programs to our unconscious mind.
As we face situations in life, we keep on learning new
techniques or refine the existing one. After repeated use of a technique it
becomes a habit. Once the habit is formed, we stop paying attention to that
aspect and use this mechanism as a resource. But when this process is applied
to a situation, it is a logical (conditional) arrangement and well defined
process.
Both the software programs & habits are harmless in
their dormant state. These show their true colors in primary memory/mind when
triggered and activated. These two entities are neither good nor bad by
themselves. These are just ‘ways to work’. It can prove to be good or bad in
the light of inner agenda of desires and prevailing outer circumstances.
Therefore these must be judged dynamically with reference of these two forces
and not by any fixed standards.
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