Self-discipline means having the willpower to create and sustain strong and positive habits, overcoming lethargy and pushing yourself beyond known limits to new heights of accomplishment. The opposite is unruliness.§
Comparing the actions of one who is self-disciplined to one who is unruly§ |
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Situation§ |
Self-Discipline§ |
Unruliness§ |
When you discover a love of music, you…§ |
ask your parents for an instrument and practice daily without fail.§ |
want to play but want to do many other things too, so drop it.§ |
You and a friend decide to improve your vocabulary, so you…§ |
get the best app you can find and start memorizing new words.§ |
go at it haphazardly, learning a few words but not as many as she learned.§ |
When your running coach tells the team to increase the drills, you…§ |
do what he suggests, adding your own exercises to strengthen your body.§ |
find the drills too tiring and soon fall back on bad training habits.§ |
Gurudeva explained: “The path of Saiva Siddhanta, as you all know, is a very simple path. It’s the path of love, a path of devotion, which makes you want to be self-disciplined, because to maintain a feeling of love all the time, you have to be self-disciplined. You don’t discipline yourself to attain the feeling of love. You attain the feeling of love and then you want to discipline yourself because you love the discipline, because it brings more love.”§
“The regular practice of hatha yoga is self-discipline, which is a basic aid in character building. A good character and strong willpower are essential to advance oneself spiritually.”§
ASSIGNMENT: During these two weeks, avoid impulsive speech by reflecting on what you are going to say before saying it.§
Date you began this assignment ____________________§
MY THOUGHTS ON THE BENEFITS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE: 
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