As we accept the realizations of what we should do to be the person we want to be, we have made great progress. One can live an entire life suppressing urges and desires that do not align with their values, and die with a smile on their face of all they achieved despite all the temptations around them.
But what if one can conquer the urges themselves? If one acknowledges the temptations do not lead them to the outcome they truly want, why would the temptation have any merit at all? With this realization comes a great task, to transgress to a life where the underlying temptation does not exist.
Consider a diamond ring. If one considers expensive jewelry to be excess and not aligned to their ideal values and who they want to be, one can suppress any urges to buy the jewelry. One can also learn to accept that purchasing it would not align with their values, and feel no temptation ever again, rather than simply suppressing the feeling.
This is a critical part of the transformation of knowing who you want to be in your brain to manifesting the actions in every fiber of your being. It's the difference between knowing who you want to be and being who you want to be.
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