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How Behavior Pattern Gets Implanted in Us
Tendency relates to behaviour. You know, like we say, he has a tendency
to be upset. What creates the tendency is the grossness. You know, like
some children are prone to measles. They do not catch cold and things,
but expose themselves to measles and they are sick. Like a man gets
angry; he gets an impression, a big impression. This impression colours
his next activity, and it comes again without his knowing. The impression
is made stronger. The third time he erupts. Like I told you the humorous
example of my father, who used to be very irritable. Babuji told him,
" I am telling you, Rajagopalachari, you must remove this irritation."
"No! No! Where is my irritation?" says my father. "What
is this?" Babuji asked him. Everybody laughed. That comes to the
stage where you are what you are without your even knowing what you
are.
A thought creates activity, activity creates the grossness, that grossness
enforces the tendency, and the activity is repeated, because it is linked
with that thing. It is not possible to clean the tendency entirely.
Tendency becomes a behaviouristic thing, a pattern. Now, it is
no longer dependent on your grossness. That is why it is easier to train
children than grown-ups. And you can lose tendency if you cooperate
even without losing the grossness. It is possible. But the grossness
will still impede your progress. But that is the Master's business,
you see. "At least we can cooperate to the extent that we do not
re-create," that is what Babuji said, "I keep removing and
you keep creating."
It is like the river bed that it creates, you see. And when water falls
again, it flows through that channel. So it becomes the tendency. So
Babuji said, "We must remove the river bed." People dry up
the river, but they forget the bed is still there. And when again water
comes it will only flow the same way. That is why we repeat our behaviour
in the same way, because that bed through which it flows has not been
leveled out. It is like a footpath. People walking on the same way,
because it is the easiest way. Your foot finds itself naturally there,
and you trace a footpath. The grass does not grow any more there. If
you can cooperate, you see, suppose rain water does not fall, the river
bed will not effect you. Now what is that rain which is falling? You
are being exposed to the outer world. If you are in constant remembrance,
there is no problem. The moment you are in constant remembrance, the
tendency is gone.
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