QnA with Sri Sri

Q: Guruji, I can easily identify and witness my negative patterns, however, it is very difficult to break away from them. How does one break away from these patterns?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Whatever you gain by effort has a limited age, and is for a limited time. What you gain by effortlessness is ageless and timeless.

The answer to your question is hidden in this answer somewhere; you dig into it. I have given you a formula. In this formula, anything that you achieve with effort will have a result that is time-bound and limited; it cannot be forever. Anything that you get through effortlessness is timeless and painless.