Episode 203: Why bad habits persist

At their core, all vices are amnestic disorders. The reason they
persist is that -- at the moment of decision -- people forget the
pain and suffering that have consistently attended the behavior
in the past and focus exclusively on the short-term pleasure. In
the words of Sigmund Freud: "we can either remember, or we can
repeat." The way out of this trap requires mindfulness, which is
how we generally talk about the original Pali word that can also
be translated as "remembering." I'll discuss more in this
episode.


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