Influence Yourself

We’re all products of influences so no one can state a belief, idea, concept, or view can truly be called their own. These are all derived from some outer influence so you mostly live someone else’s life…

The view that’s developed over the course of time makes life what it is, but this isn’t to say one view is right and another is wrong or that one is better than the other. I’m just stating a fact that we’re mostly a product of influences and what view we have in place is only there because of those influences in our life. Not one single moment that’s in the past can be changed so there’s no reason to ever give that view a second thought. Giving it a second thought is just a waste of our limited precious time, unfortunately that’s the base of the view most people have. The past will always be the past and nothing will ever change it, but we don’t have to view life from there.

There comes a time in every life when you know the only place to find what you’ve been looking for is within yourself. When there’s awareness of this, what’s usually revealed is that what’s been sought has always been there. This is the inner view that needs to be cultivated if you’re to ever be free of a view that was put in place by others. There are so many influences that mold and shape your entire existence and until there’s awareness of this the view in place will be someone else’s. Truly look at this, mom, dad, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, teachers, friends, tv, radio, and so on, everyone of them had some influence on our current view; no belief, idea, concept and view can you truly call your own.

The only thing that makes me different than you is I’m more aware of my conditioning. I’m not less conditioned, just more aware, but it’s in this awareness that it can be seen how the influences have controlled. This is the importance of awareness, it allows the breaking free of this conditioning. How you do this is by sitting and allowing a settled mind to become your influence, this won’t happen overnight, but with perseverance the influences in place will slowly lose the grip and the influences of the heart (love) will become your new conditioning. This just so happens to be who you truly are without the influences of anyone else, and this is the view where you can begin to truly live your own life…