{"id":58366,"date":"2019-12-25T04:44:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T02:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.erdalbora.com\/?p=58366"},"modified":"2020-03-27T22:06:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:06:36","slug":"i-am-20-and-i-have-been-smoking-for-three-years-what-are-the-risks-i-have-gained-till-now-and-will-i-overcome-them-if-i-quit-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erdalbora.com\/en\/2019\/i-am-20-and-i-have-been-smoking-for-three-years-what-are-the-risks-i-have-gained-till-now-and-will-i-overcome-them-if-i-quit-now\/","title":{"rendered":"I am 20 and I have been smoking for three years. What are the risks I have gained till now, and will I overcome them if I quit now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 Text-jjrgda-0 QTextPara___StyledText-anoo6m-0 kvqEEv\"><span>Here is how you can\u00a0<\/span><span>totally\u00a0<\/span><span>overcome it in my understanding:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 Text-jjrgda-0 QTextPara___StyledText-anoo6m-0 kvqEEv\"><span>What you must actually give up is the idea that you can\u2019t create perfect health. Don\u2019t let ideas about having smoked diminish your life force energy. Ultimately, there are no risks, because there is no chance in life. Everything is created by us. Don\u2019t leave things to chance. Don\u2019t fall asleep and empower thoughts that suppress or scatter your life energy. Awaken to this more and more fully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 Text-jjrgda-0 QTextPara___StyledText-anoo6m-0 kvqEEv\"><span>This is a very core level teaching but I feel to remove doubts 100 percent, we must awaken to the core level truths:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 display__Inline-sc-12j253u-0 frnsLG\"><a rel=\"ugc noopener nofollow noreferrer\" title=\"channelhigherself.com\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/channelhigherself.com\/videos\/satsang-with-the-self\/more-important-than-anything-you-do-or-create-is-the-experience-of-yourself\/\" class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 eZSsnB\">More Important than Anything You Do or Create is the Experience of Yourself<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 Text-jjrgda-0 QTextPara___StyledText-anoo6m-0 kvqEEv\"><span class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 display__Inline-sc-12j253u-0 frnsLG\">W<\/span><span>hat I am saying is that, more than what you have done up to now, how you experience yourself right now is the determining factor of how healthy you will experience yourself in your remaining life. And I am learning this too, that how we experience ourselves in this moment can be degrees of empowered and capable beyond our imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 Text-jjrgda-0 QTextPara___StyledText-anoo6m-0 kvqEEv\"><span>I will also mention a story I heard about Krishna\u2019s drinking milk from poisoned breast and not being harmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 Text-jjrgda-0 QTextPara___StyledText-anoo6m-0 kvqEEv\"><span class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 display__Inline-sc-12j253u-0 frnsLG\"><a rel=\"ugc noopener nofollow noreferrer\" title=\"isha.sadhguru.org\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/isha.sadhguru.org\/us\/en\/wisdom\/article\/krishna-women-in-his-life\" class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 eZSsnB\">Krishna and the Women in His Life<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 Text-jjrgda-0 QTextPara___StyledText-anoo6m-0 kvqEEv\"><span class=\"Box-sc-9env3-0 display__Inline-sc-12j253u-0 frnsLG\"><\/span><span>I will add to this that all is one and what Krishna is, we are too, though we may not be fully awakened to this. So, may you start remembering your capabilities, and live your life accordingly, if this is what you truly desire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is how you can\u00a0totally\u00a0overcome it in my understanding: What you must actually give up is the idea that you can\u2019t create perfect health. Don\u2019t let ideas about having smoked diminish your life force energy. Ultimately, there are no risks, because there is no chance in life. Everything is created by us. Don\u2019t leave things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[22,65,232,204],"class_list":["post-58366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-question-answer","tag-addiction","tag-desire","tag-health","tag-understanding"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57533,"url":"https:\/\/erdalbora.com\/en\/2017\/is-it-really-possible-to-change-through-sheer-will-and-hard-work-can-you-really-overcome-illnesses-or-habits-you-have-had-for-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":58366,"position":0},"title":"Is it really possible to change through sheer will and hard work? 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