Acharya Prashant explains that a cigarette causes cancer, but a person does not necessarily have a constant remembrance or feeling of this. This is why the habit of smoking is not easily quit. If there were a method to constantly remind a person of how much cancer has grown within them with every puff, or how many cells and tissues are destroyed, the suffering from the habit would become clear, making it difficult to continue. He states that no living being wants to give up a habit; they only want to give up suffering. If a person wants to renounce something, it is solely suffering. Therefore, telling someone that an action like stealing is bad is ineffective. The consciousness within is not concerned with whether stealing is good or bad; for it, only one thing is bad: suffering. When describing one's nature, it is said to be 'Sat-Chit-Ananda' (existence-consciousness-bliss). We fundamentally want bliss and do not want suffering. To make someone quit a habit, one must show them the suffering inherent in it. If they recognize this inherent suffering, they will quit. Otherwise, no amount of effort will make them stop. For instance, you can explain that eating meat is bad, and while they might agree intellectually and quit for a couple of days, they will resume unless it is made clear to them. This clarity must not be fleeting; there must be a continuous remembrance of it. The fact that has become clear must be remembered. If one remembers that there is suffering for oneself in killing and eating animals—not just for the animal, but for oneself—the habit will change. We seek bliss for ourselves. Trying to convince someone on moral or humanitarian grounds about the animal's suffering might be heard but not effectively acted upon. Ultimately, the mind is interested in its own purpose; we are selfish, and our deepest self-interest is bliss. If you want to stop doing something wrong, you must see how there is suffering in it for you. If you want to do something, see how there is bliss in it for you. If you establish, see, and remember this relationship, you can do what you want and quit what you want. If you cannot establish or remember this relationship, nothing will change.