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7.13
Habit, Ego And Awareness Of Present
  
  The word habit comes from the 13th Century and is a translation of the Latin word habitus meaning "condition, character". Hence a habit is often seen as both character forming and a condition of one's character.  
  In modern psychology there are three key definitions used with the word habit:  
 
a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance
an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly orcompletely involuntary
addiction
 
7.13.1 Are all habits unconscious?  
  Unconscious as we have defined is the non-awareness and participation of the mind in the present moment.  
  It is not to be confused with the mind not being active. This is a mistake of present day psychological classification.  
  Under present classical psychological classification, unconsciousness is defined as non-activity of the conscious mind-ego-I.  
  What we defined unconsciousness as is the distraction of consciousness- ego-mind-I from the present- either focusing on the future past or a mixture of both.  
  As we have been able to define the emotion of desire in action of anticipation/fulfillment as being a non-conscious state of the present ( hence- unconsciousness state) we can conclude that almost all behaviour that can be classed as habit as unconscious?  
7.13.2 What about awareness of habit and the previous answer  
  While the previous answer appears to make sense, some readers may disagree given the point that we ofte discuss and are aware of our habits.  
  Most smokers know they are smokers. Most smokers know it is bad for their health. Therefore how does this relate to the answer given that habits are supposed to be unconscious?  
  Anothere classic example that seems to contradict the previous section is anyone who recognizes they have an eating problem, such as over consumption of sugars and salts. We know that what we are eating is excess is bad for our general health, therefore how can we consider the action unconscious.  
  Our answer is simple- awareness in one moment, does not mean awareness is necessarily present in the next moment. Once desire takes over and the near anticipation takes over, the mind isexperiencing heightened stimulation towards the goal- present awareness is blocked, past awareness is history and we eat the chocolate bar anyway.  
 
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