Eckhart Tolle’s Lesser-Known Trick For Breaking Bad Habits

Finally, a realistic way to end your addictions

Tell me, are any of these scenarios familiar to you?

1. You wake up in the middle of the night. Not thinking, you automatically go straight to the fridge and take out a slice of chocolate cake and start eating. After devouring half a slice of cake you catch yourself: “Wait, I’m supposed to be eating healthy”
2. You’re in the middle of some important work on your laptop. Not thinking, you automatically switch tabs to your favourite social media site and begin to scroll. After scrolling for 15 minutes you catch yourself “Wait, I’m supposed to be working. What happened? How did I get here?”
3. You wake up in the morning feeling groggy. Not thinking, you automatically pull out your smartphone and open up your favourite porn site. As soon as you “finish”, you catch yourself “Wait, I’m supposed to be cutting back on porn. What happened?”

Addictions and compulsive behaviour are crafty little things. Overtime, your brain develops pathways, not only to indulging in bad habits, but also to all of the actions that led up to engaging in those bad habits.

A lot of people will take their bad habits with them all the way to their graves. Smokers, over-eaters…