According to Osho, bad habits persist because judging and prohibiting them forges a powerful relationship of resistance and rebellious freedom. Labeling them “bad” feeds the ego’s urge to defy others, giving the habit roots. Instead, drop judgment and bring alert, meditative awareness to the act; enjoyed consciously, its borrowed power fades and the unnecessary habit naturally falls away.
We keep doing ‘bad’ things because calling them bad makes us want to rebel; calmly watch them without fighting, and they lose their grip.