Conditioned Awareness

Without awareness of your conditioning, you’ll be blindly controlled by it. It will say jump and you will jump, and most likely you’ll ask how high…

If you want to understand your mind you will need for it to settle so you can be aware of it. Whatever you think and reflect upon is what you become aware of; hence this is what becomes your conditioned actions. If there is no settling, there’s very little chance for the mind to be aware. As conditioning is formed it becomes second nature, there’s very little awareness in this mind activated action. These conditioned actions are different for everyone, but their root is the same. All conditioning arises from seeking outside oneself. It matters little what is used to fulfill this seeking conditioning. There’s very little awareness of this so it controls you. There needs to be awareness that your actions become conditioned and you’re controlled by them. This is what determines whether your actions are wholesome (loving) or unwholesome (selfish). Simply put, loving actions should be cultivated so they become instinctual.

If there isn’t some discipline developed to allow the mind to settle, it will be difficult for there to be awareness of conditioned patterns. Without awareness of your conditioning, you’ll be blindly controlled by it. This is why things are done without hesitation that aren’t in your best interest. Without the awareness to observe your thoughts, you’re like a puppet on a string. If nothing in place allows awareness of this, the Conditioned Mind puppeteer will continue to control you as you blindly and without hesitation do things that aren’t in your best interest or the best interest of others…