I am looking for a solution for my complete lack of control - tried many things (doing lot of meditation doing 1 minute meditation - no formal meditation - but i never manage to keep it more than a few days usually 1-2 days even with only 1 minute meditation a day) what im trying to do now is to avoid doing bad stuff in hopes to do good stuff but i have no self control and always fail in it thought about a way to change that using some self-hypnosis - auto suggestion something i asked about here : https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/14330/should-i-use-autosuggestion-to-make-myself-meditate now im thinking of doing chanting of sabba papassa akranam (As to the focus of avoiding doing bad i will do good) maybe during the day maybe just repeat it 108 times one time a day ? Do you think this will have a benefit ? can this "work" and cause a big change ? any tips advice on how to this ?

Two questions about Auto-suggestion : 1. What is buddhism's view on Auto-suggestion? What does Auto-suggestion affect? 2. How to use Auto-suggestion? You can answer one question or both: the more you explain the better, but all answers and links are appreciated. I would like people to expand on the subject, because I couldn't find much about it Edit : i mean to use it not for meditation itself or to affect it - but on all other aspects like "i will meditate a lot" "i wont do things for fun" ect ... To be even clearer : I know how to meditate - im not asking about how to improve my meditation with autosuggestion but how to use it to make myself meditate more and act better in daily life what i wonder is : can i say "meditate" or "dont do stuff for fun" and "brainwash" myself somehow to help advance my practice somehow ?

Would like to hear what people here think about subconsciousness and autosuggestion Is using autosuggestion to make myself do sitting meditation a good idea ? If so how to do it ? Because I have a very bad procrastination problem and I tried many solutions to it without success but heard of autosuggestion and wondered if it can help me doing the meditation sessions daily.