A Reason Why

Nothing is done or held onto without a reason why and if that reason isn’t understood you will succumb to reaching for a conditioned fix as if you were a rudderless ship…

When some feeling or emotion arises there’s a reason for it. Learn to see why the emotion is arising and the feelings that go along with it. Whatever arises has a reason behind it, the reason why and the sensation of it need to be understood if your aren’t to be unconsciously drawn in and controlled by it. Nothing is held onto without a reason behind it and if this isn’t understood, you will unconsciously succumb to the reason as if you were a puppet. Why people don’t see how this holds them in captivity is because many of the things held onto are used to make your identity and also the holding is done because your conditioning tells you the holding is needed. When the reason why something arises is understood or at least noticed, there arises an awareness of what you’re thinking. When this occurs there’s the possibility it will fall away and in the process your need for a made up story falls away.

As stated before, why it’s so difficult to see this is because what’s being held onto is thought to be bringing you pleasure of some kind and it may be in some way, but it’s not true pleasure because no object has the capability of providing true pleasure; one is easily deluded by this. Whatever it is you think you need to feel good (pleasure) the object becomes your prison regardless what is reached for. If the reason why something arises is held onto it will control you. So when your conditioning says it’s time for to reach for a fix you will have to because the conditioning in place isn’t understood…