BF Skinner got it.
Connect a stimulus to sense gratification
and the person or animal is hooked.
Connect a stimulus to sense gratification
and the person or animal is hooked.
Why it is essential to come to the realization
that we are not these material body and minds.
that we are not these material body and minds.
But just that realization alone
is not enough.
is not enough.
A young man smoking a cigarette was asked
"Why are you smoking?
You know it is not good for your health?
"Why are you smoking?
You know it is not good for your health?
He answered. "Yes I know.
But I'm going to die of something anyway
and I enjoy smoking."
But I'm going to die of something anyway
and I enjoy smoking."
Just knowing is not enough.
Just knowing I am not this body is not enough.
Just knowing smoking would kill him was not enough.
Just knowing I am not this body is not enough.
Just knowing smoking would kill him was not enough.
That is why practicing bhakti yoga is so powerful.
All activity is done as an offering to Krishna.
The sense gratification is there
but it is not "the reason" for the activity.
It is merely a by product.
All activity is done as an offering to Krishna.
The sense gratification is there
but it is not "the reason" for the activity.
It is merely a by product.
It is not possible for the devotee to
to become conditioned to sense gratification.
They become "conditioned" to serving Krishna.
to become conditioned to sense gratification.
They become "conditioned" to serving Krishna.
The activity may look the same
but the quality is completely different.
but the quality is completely different.
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