Often times we find ourselves in a living situation that becomes constrictive, damaging, and/or dampening to one's advancement in whichever practices they have immersed themselves in. This may bring one to a downward spiral very quickly, leading one to become lost in worldly pleasures or lost within the torment of one's own mind. In this state, one may find themselves making advances, but normally very little and slowly.
The first step in rectifying this side-step is to recognize one's actions and reactions, analyzing each, and cataloging them as entropic or harmonic (that which breaks down one's Being, and that which is conducive of expansion of one's being). At this point, one must put into rigorous practice the reconditioning of one's current methods, focusing on the traits which were archived as being in harmony with one's Self, putting emphasis on the more positive virtues.
When one is to slip up, one should not chastise oneself, as this would perpetuate the frequency one is attempting to reform. Instead, when one is to accidentally return to one's previous patterns, simply acknowledge that Self is existing in human form and Self is reconstructing the ego.
Smile.
