As I mentioned in my previous post in this series, there seems to be two consciousnesses in our mind: the one that performs our everyday activities (working, loving, worrying, seeking, striving, etc) and the one that observes these actions. The observer is our true self or higher self. The one taking action is our conditioned self. What are the differences between the two? The true self is who we were before we came into the world. It is the pre-conditioned self, empty and open. Then we learn how to survive in the world. We learn that when we have wants and needs, we must take some action to get a response. We learn that when we cry our parents respond to us. How many of us are still using this action in some form 20-30 years later?
So, in order to survive in the world we develop a way of being, a personality. You develop a blueprint of how to be in the world. But this is conditioning, whether it is self designed or simply in reaction to our surroundings.
- Your personality is based on your previous conditioning.
- Your personality is based on the presumptions of a child
- You develop your conditioning from your parents, friends, television, everything around you.
- None of this conditioning is the real you. It’s just a recording of all the crap you learned and continue to reply unconsciously in your background.
But you are not the recording. You’re not the programming. You are not your conditioned mind. It is apart of you but not the real you. You are what holds your mind. You have to learn how to separate yourself from your conditioning. Then you have the choice whether or not to to keep non-supportive thoughts.
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