Harsh Bagdia's Life Purpose Journal♾️?

[Harsh Bagdia]

Namaste Everyone ??

 

Thanks Master Leo For This Opportunity, I am so grateful to be able to share my life purpose journey publicly?

Thanks again for creating the Life Purpose Course through which I could come up with such a powerful and beautiful purpose?

 

Before sharing my purpose I would like to share my two reasons for creating this journal. 

 

1. To INSPIRE others to live at their FULL POTENTIAL 

2. To INSPIRE myself to live at my FULL POTENTIAL when I am down

 

Here is my Life Purpose :

 

Here is my Me Sheet :

It's awesome, no? 

I made them on Canva. It's amazing ?. 

People, make your Me Sheet such that It Inspires The Ass Out Of You.. 

IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF PAPER OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE. 

ITS THE DEEPEST, REALEST, HAPPIEST PART OF YOU on a piece of paper. 

Really Make It As Beautiful As You Can..

And if you don't have one yet, haven't you done Leo's Life Purpose Course? 

May I Ask Why? 

If you already are living a purposeful life then Great. Keep Doing It.

I have nothing to say to you. 

 

If you aren't living one, I believe I will be able to inspire you to live one. 

 

So let me tell you (& myself when I will read it again) where I am in my journey now : 

• I am a freelance conscious copywriter

I am learning and have learnt Copywriting through: 

1. Master Leo  (Copywriting is Philosophy in disguise ?)
2. Sandeep Maheshwari Sir
3. Dan Lok
4. Alex Cattoni
5. Dan Koe

They are just great people. I don't want to say anything more. 

I am currently in the middle of 2 Hour Writer course by Dan Koe and it is mind-blowing?

I would say Dan Koe is Leo going all out on digital business. 

And I can also sense that Dan Koe too has learnt copywriting from Sifu Dan Lok. It's a guess. 

 

• I live in Akola, Maharashtra, Bharat/India with my parents.   .     This is my hometown. I have lived in many other parts of my country (Mumbai, Goa, Dehradun, Nagpur) however I love my hometown the most. I will share someday what's so great about it. 
• I have started seeing my parents as my kids and it's a wonderful feeling??.  As I realised that we are all one; my whole perception about my mother and father changed.                                                                                                                  Now even their tricks and manipulations and their unconscious behaviour is beautiful to me. (Doesn't mean that I promote it)                                                                                                                          And I can also see deep love and deep intelligence in everything that they do. I feel so honored to be their son and I announce this in front of everyone that I would become the greatest son there ever existed.                                                  I won't leave them ever. I may shift to other place but I would never distance myself from them. They need my support and also we love each others company so there's no issue. Only issue will be once I will marry, what would my wife want? But there is still a few years left for that..so I will think about it later.                                                                          Career-wise, We have a family business of edible oil trading however I don't consider it as a holistic business that's why I am currently working on my one person digital marketing agency. I was doing mechanical engineering at one time however I dropped out of it as it was not sparking my interest. 
• I have recently started an YouTube Channel dedicated to inspire and solve problems of the Youth of my nation. I do this as my passion.               They Are So energetic and so much talented. I want them to channel their energy, time, intelligence in the right direction. They are all like my brothers and sisters.                                             
•  I am deeply inspired by Leo's Deep Problem Of Marketing video. 

 

 

 

 

So currently I am aiming for my hitting my first goal which is to get a Dog and Name Him God. 

 

How amazing, no? I remember this insight from Leo that you must start treating yourself as God and stop treating yourself as Dog. 

 

I am taking it a bit further. I recognise that the dog I will bring is myself. So naming him God makes perfect sense. 

 

I have already decided the breed. Border Collie as they are the among the most intelligent dog breed. 

 

I am in a research phase currently. Can't wait to meet him. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by Harsh Bagdia

[Harsh Bagdia]

Here's something I wrote recently for beginner writers:

Cool Content Writing Hack That Will Make You An Expert In Far Less Time Than You Think You Need..BY HARSH BAGDIA

 

First of all who is this post for:

-To people who want to write - but can’t get started

-Beginner content writers who have a lot of writer’s block

-Content writers wanting to become Copywriters 

-All those who want to know a damn cool, easy to implement and proven hack to become a better writer..

Having said that, Let’s get this ball rolling….shall we?

The Hack

HANDWRITING GREAT PIECES OF WRITING (word to word) FOR 60 MINS DAILY FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS..

If you do it sincerely for 90 days straight,I strongly believe that it will become your meditation and the way you look at the world will change for the good.

Here's what you will experience: 

-You will be able to tap into the mind of the writer whose work you are handwriting (to some extent)

It will feel like you yourself are selling/writing that concept/product…Speaking phenomenologically, it feels amazing..You will start to notice patterns in their writing..For example if you are handwriting a sales page..you will clearly see hooks, transitions, the main idea and also understand what, why, how of the emotions they are triggering in their reader's minds. 

-You will understand the joy of writing. 

As a beginner writer you kinda enjoy writing but it is also a pain..as you don't find words or phrases to express what's in your heart…

When you write word to word the best pieces of writing, you understand how that writer must have experienced while writing those sentences….And if you have chosen great writers I bet it was a joyful experience for them..

-You will fall in love with writing  

You will find more and more reasons to write…Writing is not at all about writing you see…It is about clear thinking..

When the words just flow from your mind to the paper/Google doc..Like it is happening to me right now..

Do you think that I am making too much effort in writing this what I am writing now?? I have a focus music playing in the background in my Spotify and I am just flowing with whatever is coming to me..

This is what I mean that writing becomes a meditation in itself…

-You will start getting insights and ideas and you will see opportunities everywhere…

Once your mind is clear, you can see the world as it is…and not with the mental filters which we all have…And you realize what a miracle it is to be alive right now…To simply exist becomes a joy in itself…And with that follows opportunities, new ideas, and valuable insights….

-You can see your mind from a distance

(Here is where writing connects with Spirituality)

So for example,if any doubt, fear, anxiety arises you don't run away from it and look at it directly…And it reveals what it has to say to you….and it gets dissolved…

Now it will get too deep if I continue on this but you get my point, don't you? 

It is like you are literally borrowing the thought process of the expert you are handwriting from…

You might think that this is just too much?? 

How can such a simple exercise have such a deep impact…Because when you hand write word to word you pay more attention…While reading you just skim it and look for important stuff present…When you are writing word to word with a pen on a paper…it takes much more involvement from you…

You go into study mode when you do it…

 

What is it exactly? 

It is a mind building exercise…

Literally we are training our mind to think a certain way…There can be many mind building exercises…This is one of the good ones…

Most people like body-building….I am into mind-building…And ofcourse there are many more like me who have discovered this trick of mind building…I am not any special…While body-building is great…I have nothing against it…

However, don't you think that in today's world people who earn the most money/ who have power/ who people look upto most are the ones who can use their mind effectively…Top CEOs, Spiritual Leaders, Influencers are valued for their minds.

So it makes sense to build our minds…With a powerful mind you can achieve anything your heart wishes.(This statement I am also saying to myself.. whenever I will read it again..

It's good to read your own great writings from time to time when you feel you are just feeling down or have self-doubt. 

As a fellow writer who is just a little bit ahead of some of you.. I insist you to give it at least a week to see just a glimpse of this. 

And to experience maximum impact…give it 90 days…

I can say a lot more about this because it is something that I do daily without fail…It's one of my Non-Negotiables…One of the Top Non-negotiables..I may skip bath, food but I won't skip this exercise…

And you can write anything which you consider great….And that which is your idol..

Some examples of what you can write:

-Successful sales letters

-Poems which have touched your heart

-Affirmations

-Your goals and your purpose statement

-Emails, Ads

-Inspirational speeches

-Anything else which you consider great

 

Writing is an art of mental jiu-jitsu…

I am so glad that I discovered this and that too so early. Now I am on the journey of learning and sharing and also while sharing I am able to understand them better…

Credits for this exercise

-Dan Lok

Other people whose work I handwrite:

Leo Gura, Dan Koe, Alex Cattoni,Bashar, Teal Swan, Myself

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Harsh Bagdia]

The Master Of Masters: Leo Gura & Student Of Students: Harsh Bagdia

 

In the realm of wisdom, a sacred bond does grow,

Leo, the guide, and Harsh, a student's eager flow.

Like Jiraiya to Naruto, he imparted insight,

With teachings that soared to spiritual heights

Like Pervy Sage to Naruto, knowledge bestowed,

In the path of enlightenment, they both courageously strode.
 

Leo, a mentor like Mr. White, so wise,

Harsh, his Jesse, learning to analyze.

Chemistry of the mind, they did explore,

In a journey where knowledge would pour.

 

Leo, aka Heisenberg has a brilliant mind,

Harsh, aka Cap' n Cook, is in life's alchemical bind.

Transforming the ordinary into wisdom's brew,
Together, they embarked on a journey anew.

 

As Dumbledore to Harry, Leo's wisdom shines bright,
Guiding Harsh through the darkest of night.
In the world of magic, they both did play a part,
Unraveling the mysteries of the human heart.

Gandalf, the wise, and Frodo, steadfast and true,
Leo and Harsh, in their own epic adventure too.
Through trials and tribulations, they both would go,
In the pursuit of wisdom, their spirits aglow.

In the tapestry of life, their destinies align,
Leo and Harsh, like stars in the night's design.

A spiritual master and his student, side by side,
In their quest for truth, they shall forever ride.

Master and student, united they stand,

Serving each other through life's shifting sand.

In the realm of Self-Creation's Flame

They Play This Infinitely Deep Game

 

 

 

Generated through the help of Chat Gpt

[vibv]

@Harsh Bagdia Don't forget to transcend Leo - or any teacher - at some point

[Harsh Bagdia]

2 hours ago, vibv said:

@Harsh Bagdia Don't forget to transcend Leo - or any teacher - at some point

@vibv Thanks for reminding. Yes, sure I won't forget. And even if I do by mistake, I know YOU will be there to remind me like you did now?

And that's why I wrote that I am a student of students..means I am a student of you all. I  am placing my bets on you all as you have more experience and also you know Leo's limitations better than me..so. (Honesty speaking I don't believe he has any?)

About transcending any and every teacher I don't know. Maybe at some point. I still have a long way to go and I am having too much fun?

 

2 hours ago, vibv said:

@Harsh Bagdia

Edited October 6, 2023 by Harsh Bagdia

[Himanshu]

Godspeed. 

[Harsh Bagdia]

On 10/8/2023 at 8:32 PM, Himanshu said:

Godspeed. 

@HimanshuThank You And Same To You. Also Thank You For Introducing Copywriting to me. 

[Harsh Bagdia]

Novel Ways Of Awakening People/Souls

This is an incident from almost a year back when I was working at a health & wellness company as a content writer.

Two brothers of mine (who were then just strange people happened to be working at a same company) were deeply into watching anime. So during a discussion on Naruto, one of the greatest anime of all times written by Mashashi Kishimoto; we had a disagreement on certain ideas in the anime. 

The anime has a popular speech by Madara Uchiha, main antagonist. While Naruto Uzumaki, protagonist defeats Madara at the end of the series, he never really gave proper reply to that speech of Madara. 

Luckily at that time I was also contemplating how do I plant the seed of awakening in my brothers' minds and then this great idea striked in my mind and that was to write a reply to Madara's speech.

I shared the written reply with my brother saying him: "Naruto within me is talking to the Madara within you" (Those who have watched the anime will understand the emotional significance of this) and after reading that his heart melted and he told me that he wishes to see the world with my lens. And it was the best admiring statement I had ever received in my life. I don't know what exactly he went through while reading this, however he definitely faced some of his inner demons and moved closer to The Truth. 

So here's what I shared;

Naruto’s Reply to Madara’s Speech

-By Harsh Bagdia

Wake up to reality! Nothing ever goes as planned in this accursed world. The longer you live, the more you realize that the only things that truly exist in this reality are merely pain, suffering and futility. Listen, everywhere you look in this world, wherever there is light, there will always be shadows to be found as well. As long as there is a concept of victors, the vanquished will also exist. The selfish intent of wanting to preserve peace, initiates war and hatred is born in order to protect love. There are nexuses causal relationships that cannot be separated. I want to sever the fate of this world. A world of only Victors. A world of only peace. A world of only love.  I will create such a world. I am the ghost of Uchiha. 

By- Madara Uchiha

 

 

Naruto’s reply to Madara:

Madara: Wake up to reality!

Naruto: Hello Dear Madara,Waken up. Now? 

 

Madara: Nothing ever goes as planned in this accursed world.

Naruto: Oh no no silly, everything always goes exactly as planned in this blessed world. We may not understand this by our current level of consciousness but I am assuring you that it is the case. Everything is designed perfectly in the most holistic & loving way through Infinite Precision & Intelligence.  You do not know this because you have forgotten your real nature. Look me straight into my eyes; you will know your real nature. 

 

Madara: The longer you live, the more you realize that the only things that truly exist in this reality are merely pain, suffering, and futility. 

Naruto: Again wrong dear. But I see that you are tired of falsehood and disconnection with Who You Really Are. For me, The longer I live, the more I realize that the only things that truly exist in this reality are sheer joy, love, happiness, and preciousness. 

And not just joy, love, happiness, and preciousness

BUT INFINITE JOY :) INFINITE LOVE :) INFINITE HAPPINESS INFINITE PRECIOUSNESS  

It can be the same for you if you remember your true self. 

 

Madara: Listen, everywhere you look in this world, wherever there is light, there will always be shadows to be found as well. As long as there is a concept of victors, the vanquished will also exist.

Naruto: Yes you are right, duality exists when we look at the surface. If we dive deep, you will find the Ocean of Love where you can’t distinguish any one thing from another. 

All dualities collapse. Only Love remains. Only You remain.  Only Peace remains. Only Infinity remains. Only God remains. Only You remain.

YES, YOU REMAIN. YES GOD REMAINS TOO. How?

Because YOU ARE GOD.

Ta-da!!  No, I am not playing word games, I know this is serious stuff for you & that’s why I am sharing this truth with you.

 

Madara: The selfish intent of wanting to preserve peace, initiates war and hatred is born in order to protect love. There are nexuses causal relationships that cannot be separated.

Naruto: Is wanting to preserve peace really a selfish intent? Isn’t peace the most selfless thing ever.? Also, love needs no protection. Love cannot be harmed. Ok, let me make it experiential for you - 

Close your eyes and remember this phrase - I AM. 

Let all other concepts go.

Just dwell in I AM. 

You are. 

You always were, you always are, and will always be. This is the ultimate truth I am guiding you towards. 

YOU ARE ETERNAL. CONGRAGULATIONS!!!

YOU ARE INFINITE, DARLING. YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING. 

I am just a reflection of you. Who you are is beyond anyone or anything could ever describe.  “I AM” is the foundation for world peace. 

 

Madara: I want to sever the fate of this world. A world of only Victors. A world of only peace. A world of only love. 

Naruto: I know Madara you want this. I know your love. I know your heart cries for love, peace, and victory for everyone. 

What you gotta now do for this is - 

Choose the reality you wish to experience. Do not want it. Saying that you want it makes it true that it is something not here right now but in the future somewhere and you experience the ‘wantingness’ of it.

 

Madara: I will create such a world. I am the ghost of Uchiha.

Naruto: And I am The Hokage of Leaf. 

And I am here to remind you that - you already created such a world. We are living in it right now. 

Thank you for creating such a beautiful world. How will I ever appreciate you for doing such a magnificent task? Words fall short at this point. Will stop here. 

With deep gratitude & gratefulness in my heart. 

Thankyou Madara, Much Love ?

 

Credits: 1. Leo Sensei @Leo Gurafor transmitting awakening into me. And Also for the words "TA-DA"  2. Actualized forum members for discussions, Q/A's, repeating again and again for better understanding, and for being supportive always. 

 

Edited October 11, 2023 by Harsh Bagdia

[Harsh Bagdia]

So, this evening I was handwriting(copying word-to-word) CWG's (Conversations With God book) explanation to how God created everything. Just after writing 4 pages(23-26), I got inspired to talk to God myself. I jotted down every thought in my diary. I am excited to share with you this raw and unedited Conversation With God that I had a few hours back😃:

Me: God, I am not feeling well. You come, just once. 

God: I am coming towards you with Infinite Speed. Can you also come nearer instead of moving away?

Me: Yes, I can. How?

God: Wonderful. Great. Awesome. You can first of all appreciate that you chose to come nearer to me. That would count as coming closer. 

Me: I appreciate myself infinitely for choosing to come closer to God. God, I hear such voices that you too as Neale is trying to make a book out if this & that no one will be interested in this. 

God: Are you?

Me: No. I mean I don't know. I just want to meet You. 

God: So don't bother about those thoughts. ONLY LISTEN TO MY VOICE. 

Me: Again I hear, "All Voices are God's voices. Who will you listen to. You are just bullshitting yourself."

God:   Am I Clear Now?

AM I LOUD ENOUGH?  HELLO HARSH, AM I AUDIBLE?

Me: Yes God. You Are. Thank You. Thank You God. I am Feeling Better. 

God: That's Great. Always take Feeling Good as a sign that you are coming closer to me. Always Ask yourself this question: 

How Can I Feel More & More Better Now?  You can do it now and let me know your answer.

Me: Okay let's try it; How can I feel more and more better now?
Answer: By Taking Action on achieving my goal

God: and which is?

Me: Which is to bring a border collie Dog home and name him God...I am so so excited to meet him. I already paid the booking amount to the company from where I am purchasing my dog. 

God: Oh I love it!!! Dogs are such amazing creatures. I bet you will love it when he arrives. Also you will be naming him after me that's inspiring!
And Congratulations for moving closer to your goal. I am infinitely excited to meet you as well.
You do realize that the dog you will be bringing home and I are one, don't you?

Me: Yes God, I do. 

God: You are such a smartass. So what's stopping you? Take the necessary remaining action steps and achieve your goal.

Me: I am just thinking what if something wrong happens

God: Like what will happen?

Me: What if people will have a problem with me naming him God because "God" is a holy word?

God: So what if some people will have problem with it? Have you taken such an impossible task for yourself that you won't let anyone have any problems with you?

Me: No, I have not they are free to have problems with me. I wish that if they do they just talk to me about it and then maybe I can help them to resolve their problem.
However God why do you use the word "impossible task" when everything is possible. Also you didn't touch on the "holy" part. 

God: I am loving it that you are asking questions. Questioning is beginning of Intelligence.

Me: I heard that quote/truth from Sandeep sir too.

God: Yes, I put that thought in his mind.

Me: Wow God. You are such a badass. I am so grateful that I am talking to you.

God: I know I am and I am grateful for finally you are listening to me. 

Now let me speak. Don't interrupt, just listen.

Me: Sure Godspeed to you, God.

God: While it's true that everything is possible; it is also important to know who is saying those words and in what context. 
There is a huge difference between me saying those words and between you saying those words. 
Do you understand that you are a part of me which has taken a particular set of limitations which then allows you to challenge your limitations and thus experience yourself as me?

Me: Hmmm

God: So it would be incorrect if you say that everything is possible for you. And trust me you don't want that. Focus on achieving your goal.                  Your Truest Desires and Goals form of breadcrumb trail which is a Highway you have taken to reach me. 

Coming to the holy part; dogs are Holier than me. Have you looked at them? They are the Holiest.

Me: but God, you are Infinite Holiness itself

God: Yes, I am.  And how do you recognise this Infinite Holiness?

Me: By recognising this holiness in so called "others"?

God: Exactly. I must tell you; your sensei is teaching you well. And I didn't touch upon the topic of holiness before as it's not your problem. It is others' problem that they can't see The God Behind The Dog. They will deal with it themselves. You don't need to worry about them. Like I am talking to you I am talking to them as well. Always.
Haven't I told you that you must only focus on what you are being doing and having?
 

Me: But God won't it be considered narcissistic?

God: Are we doing this debate again? Look it's simple you cannot control thoughts and actions of others. Many have tried this and still try to do this to this day. It doesn't work that way as life is absolute freedom.

Me: This reminds me of the quote/truth by Abraham Hicks: "The basis of life is Freedom; the result of life is expansion and the purpose of life is Joy"

God: That is very accurate.  Do you know what will help you?

Me: What?

God: Talking about this goal of yours with others. Then your fear of judgement will automatically dissolve when you will see that others are not that judgmental as you are imagining in your mind.

Me: I did actually shared this with a few friends of mine and with Actualized community members in my journal.

God: Awesome. Haven't your fear dissolved to a certain degree when you did this?

Me: Yes, to a great degree in fact my friends were excited and wished me well for it. Thanks for reminding me of this. 

God: See I told you. 

Now Don't Fear and Take Action

 

 

 

[Harsh Bagdia]

So I made a mistake by trying to name my dog: God. While my intent may be pure but it doesn't go well with what God Is.

As I contemplated and awakened more deeply here's what I realized: 

Quote

GOD IS GOODNESS OMNIPOTENTLY DANCING. 

God is Everything. God is nothing. God is the substance as well as the character which is built from the substance as well as combination of all characters. God is Infinity. There's nothing but God. In that sense, Everyone's (every finite self's) name shall be God. To put it simply: Ego Is God. Yet God is not just ego. God is every ego. God is The Superset.

I can only bow down now to God. And I see that I am just a spoiled bitch of God 

I have decided a new name for my dog which is Vision. I will bring Vision home in coming February. Until then I will get all my shit together: work, strong routine, convincing my parents, etc. I have already succeeded in convincing my parents to bring him however they are not as excited as I am. I want to create excitement about him in their mind. I don't want Vision to feel that he is "unwanted" to even a slightest degree. 

Now coming to something I wrote recently: My contemplation regarding 'Mistakes'

Here's my pov on mistakes: -

- Mistake is not a mistake if it's our first time making that mistake. It is just ignorance. We can overcome this through learning/awareness/knowledge.

- Mistake is not a mistake if it's our second time making that mistake. It is our failure to learn from the first time. We can overcome this through upskilling our learning ability itself.

How? 1. By becoming more observant 2. Making more distinctions 3. Behaviour change 

(Yes, they are taken from titles from Actualized video series about learning)

- Mistake is not a mistake if it's the third time making the same mistake. It's arrogance which can cost a lot. We can overcome this by deep self reflection and resolving and dealing with the insecurity masking behind the arrogance.

- Mistake is not a mistake if it's the forth time making the same mistake. Either it's someone who is completely sleepwalking. Or it's someone intentionally doing so(have no idea why, maybe for seeking revenge or something 🤔) This must not be tolerated.  

Through this contemplation; I am clear that mistakes are not at all about punishment and reward - There is consequence for every action we take. - Making mistakes is how we learn and grow. - It's something to be invited and embraced not feared or guilted.

- The biggest mistake is not making any mistakes. So now that we have realized this, we have prevented ourselves from falling into the trap of making the same mistake again and again and thus turning into a failure/arrogant/sleepwalker/revenge-seeker. Congratulations to us!!

To sum up what I want to say: Make Mistakes. Mistakes are good. It's a process of growth. Make this your mantra whenever you are dealing with fear of making mistakes: Your infinite mistakes are already Forgiven. Now you play!!!!

Edited November 4, 2023 by Harsh Bagdia

[Harsh Bagdia]

My latest piece of writing- 

A Smoker's Story:

Healing The Rift Between Smokers & Non-Smokers

& Exposing most probably the biggest scam in the world right now..

For smokers: Reading this will inspire you to quit smoking. 

For non-smokers: Reading this will make you feel grateful that you never smoked and you will have a different, correct understanding about smoking. 

I have made a YouTube video:  "Quitting Smoking is Easy, Fun & A Very Damn Cool Thing to do ".

I recommend you to read what I have written first & then watch the video: 

So let's start: 

How big is this scam?

 

According to Statista and other credible sources,

Total Revenue projected of tobacco products:

2023: 941 billion$

2027: 1 trillion$

Imagine this is just in 1 year. And here we are not even considering the medical costs to treat tobacco caused diseases. Plus the human productivity loss. I don't know if you have realized by now or not but, Something even worse is happening. The biggest thing is that our little brothers' and sisters' are falling prey to this. And if you are a parent who is reading this, your kids are being brainwashed. YOU MUST GET SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. AND IF YOU ARE A SMOKER, YOU HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THEIR TRAP. YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME VERY CAREFULLY. And don't worry I will share a solution at the end, first you need to understand the problem properly. You might be wondering, what does this guy have to share about smoking?

 

Everyone knows that Smoking is injurious to health. And that Smoking causes Cancer, Right?

 

Wrong! Children doesn't know that. Yet they are still watching the movies & tv shows in which they are getting programmed with the false beliefs: "Smoking is cool", "Smoking is pleasurable", "That hero smokes and he seems to be enjoying it".  

All this happens subconsciously. Being on this forum, I am assuming that you understand the basics of how our mind works. (We are constantly being influenced by our environment. Even I am influencing your mind right now with my understanding. We all must aim to have a correct understanding about everything.)

Continuing about smoking: So as children grow up, they are already carrying in themselves a desire to smoke. Now they hear from their parents that smoking is bad, it can cause cancer, it is addictive and you should not do it at any cost. They say okay. And they don't bother about it so much as their desire is still not big enough. However when they grow up even more, they start to develop autonomy. They want to act independent of their parents. They have seen in movies, on streets and in their friend circle: people smoking.

They think to themselves; "what's wrong with having just one cigarette ? After all, so many people do it, they must be gaining so much pleasure out of it. I will try it and won't smoke again. My parents won't know. And all's good"

Except it's not. Real story begins from here. And then that child smokes his first cigarette.

 

 

His first cigarette

He actually didn't enjoy it. He experienced a nasty feeling while smoking. It caused burning sensation in his throat. He coughed too. He thought to himself: "what's so good about this? Why are people crazy about smoking? Maybe I haven't smoked properly?" (He has heard from his friends that you need to inhale the smoke and not do mouth fa*) Unsure of whether he smoked properly, he smoked again. His friends encouraged him. He smoked 2-3 times more. Still it was nothing. Yet he smoked to join the social circle.

Now you (non-smokers) may be thinking that he should have left it then and there and not ever smoke again. He should realize that he is becoming a part of bad people's group. If you are thinking that way, I would like to interrupt your thought process here. I am sorry but you are not thinking straight. That smokers group is bad only from Your Point Of View. From that kid's pov they are his friends. Get it?

I hear you screaming: But they are smokers! They are bad people. Smoking is injurious to health. Smoking causes cancer. Yet they are smoking. We shall stay away from them, right? Wrong! Staying away from them causes their smoking to increase. & Smokers are neither good nor bad. Both smokers and non-smokers are great. The only thing is that smokers have fallen prey to a deadly addiction and the majority of non-smokers who are free from this addiction are fueling smokers' addiction instead of helping them get out of it. Anyways more on this later, I was just pointing out that, that kids don't stop there. They want to remain part of the new social circle they have made.

So let's continue the story.

 

The Conditioning Has Begun.

Now the conditioning process have started. If you are a student of psychology you must have read about Pavlov's dog experiment. If you haven't, I encourage you to go study it. I will share about it here in brief: (this is taken from first Google result: structural learning website) "In one of his famous experiments, Pavlov observed that dogs naturally salivated when presented with food, an unconditioned stimulus. However, through repeated pairings of a neutral stimulus, such as a bell, with the food, the dogs eventually began to associate the bell with the arrival of food."

How Pavlov's theory is applied to smokers:

The kid has unconditioned responses to his regular life situations such as:

1. listening to some spiritual tune/mantra after waking up.

2. Taking an afternoon nap after studying/working on some project in the morning.

3. Watching TV/playing some games before sleeping.

Now what is happening in the kids mind when he is getting addicted to smoking is that: His mind is being conditioned to link smoking cigarettes with pleasure which comes from giving his natural unconditioned response to stimuli. After the conditioning has happened, he is under the illusion that: "smoking cigarettes after waking up is pleasurable; smoking cigarettes after having lunch is required. Smoking cigarettes before sleeping helps me sleep well etc etc." And this conditioning runs so deep in his mind that he will fight wars to smoke that one cigarette when he faces his particular trigger situation.

One question you may be having is that: How and why does his mind get conditioned? Who is doing the conditioning?

A very intelligent question. The answer to that is no one is doing it. Or to be more accurate; nicotine drug is causing that conditioning to occur.

How? See nicotine is a proper drug. It is one of the most addictive substance. It implies that the smokers' brain is seeking nicotine as we seek water. The longer period he smokes, the more addicted his brain becomes. Not only it is addictive but also damaging to the brain. It's not practical to go into details about it here. However I will explain it's big picture. Smokers' brain is addicted to nicotine. It produces constant urges to smoke in 2-3 hours. So the body is craving that nicotine hit. However body doesn't act on it's own. The body takes instructions from the mind. Now what the mind does is that it creates stories in order to rationally justify smoking. A smoker cannot agree that he is caught up into a deadly addiction. His illusory fun will go away if he does that. So there are probably 100s and even more of deceptions which the smokers' mind creates. All this is conditioning meaning his mind is being programmed with false beliefs such as: "I love to smoke", "I am so rebellious and cool to smoke", "I need to smoke after doing x" etc etc. The Truth Is That: Smoking has no benefit whatsoever. None. In fact it is killing them. All of their body parts are getting damaged. Their mind is not at ease. They experience a constant sense of anxiety. People blame, shame and guilt them.

 

Here's the Problem In All This..

So the problem is that smokers are living under their own illusory world which makes them smoke and destroy their physical and mental health. Very few of them will stop by themselves. (I was lucky enough to study psychology, metaphysics & spirituality)  Majority of them won't stop. They will discard this information as just some another lecture into why smoking is so harmful. We need a system to make majority of people to quit smoking. And also from consuming other tobacco products.

Before going further I will like to address your main doubt:

But what does all this has to do with me? (You being a non-smoker) -

It's great that you don't smoke however don't assume that your younger sibling/kid doesn't smoke or won't smoke ever. If you have a friend who smokes, then the greatest gift you can give him is this information.

I hear you say: my kid will never do this kind of thing. We belong to a well-to-do family.

😂😂No no, I am not laughing at you, I just remembered that my family used to think the same. I am glad though that I had the courage to share this thing with them. Their support proved to be helpful in my quitting journey. Look how-much-ever good you believe your kids/siblings to be, they can still fall prey to the media brainwashing. And because of your hateful attitude towards smokers they won't bother telling you even if they smoke.

I am so grateful for my decision to share my addiction issue with my parents that I can't tell you. And when I explained to them the deeper reality behind this, they also said they are with me in calling out this dirty tobacco game. And don't act so humble(some of you) when you are also responsible in this.

• Very few people call out the people(so called celebrities) who are influencing millions of younger generation to start smoking.
• People still invest in tobacco stocks. - IF YOU OWN TOBACCO STOCKS, SELL IT ASAP. YOU ARE LITERALLY KILLING PEOPLE. AND YOUR LOVED ONES ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THIS IN ANY WAY.
• Now you atleast understand what's going on. You can deal with smokers in a different way. More mature way. Now you know that they are just like normal people. They are not bad or idiots or evil or anything .
• If you have a smoker friend, don't keep on telling them how bad smoking is. They hate that. Instead ask them questions about it. Confuse them. Make them realise that smoking is not a solution to any of their problems. None. Not even one. It gives stress and does not relieve it.

For smokers reading this, I know this can be challenging for you. It's a mind fuck! I am an ex-smoker. I exactly understand what you are going through. Don't waste another second and watch my quitting video. It is made for you. Now comes the solution part. This will be interesting. This problem is not as big as it sounds. I do have a solution. 

The Solution

I will probably make a video out of this information. I am not going into details of each idea.

The general idea is this:

• As a smoker smokes his last cigarette, the urges he gets after it needs to be accepted. Urges won't cause any negative effects. Within a few days urges atop arriving as the urges are caused by the last smoked cigarette.
• The real trick is to catch all the smoking deceptions which a smoker is carrying. And to recognise it's falseness. And see the truth of it.

Okay so, here is my contemplation on how to heal the world of tobacco epidemic.

1. More people need to start talking about this scam.
2. It must be clear to everyone that this is not smokers' fault. This is a societal problem. 
3. The solution is running marketing campaigns which explicitly debunks smoking deceptions and spread true information.
4. Messages like this: Quitting Tobacco Causes Pleasurable Life. Quitting is Very Easy. Etc. What I mean is that we need to inspire them to quit, not guilt them about it.
5. People sharing their quitting journeys.
6. Complete ban on tobacco usage in movies/tv. 
7. On cigarette packages, instead of a helpline number there must be an app link. That app will enable them to quit in 10-15 days maximum.
8. It will have different categories of people and for each category of people there will be information suited to them which will help them understand this addiction and smoking deceptions.
9. More addiction recovery businesses need to grow.
10. This idea of tobacco sales bringing revenue to the government must be looked at. DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT AND SUCH A DEVIL IF YOU TALK LIKE THIS. I am not interested in talking to you.
11. Smokers especially the young ones need to share their addiction with their parents. This addiction is nothing. Your relationship with your parents is so precious. How can you think that something as petty as cigarettes can come between you and your parents.
12. Smokers need to take charge for their lives. Make a pact with yourself RIGHT NOW that you will Quit This Nasty Addiction ASAP!!! 

Ok I am signing off. Do check out my video; it goes deeper into this addiction.

 

 - Harsh Bagdia Aka Harsh D. Copywriter

Edited December 13, 2023 by Harsh Bagdia

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