CONDITIONED RESPONSE & REACTION

A man is coming towards you on a twilight street, shirt askew and bloodied.  Your conditioned response is one of fear, right?  However, the truth is, that this man has just escaped an attacker and is still dazed.  If your conditioned response was one of say, an EMT, or a doctor, how might it be different?  

Your response to anything is conditioned by your beliefs, your sociocultural lens, your desires, and your personal experiences; therefore, all of your responses are conditioned responses.  The point is to understand HOW your responses are conditioned, and how often you react rather than respond.  Test these works in your body as you read them:  Your body will tell you the difference between a conditioned response, a High Mind Response, and a reaction.  

What experiences have conditioned your responses for the subjects we undertake?  

Who and What do you believe that you are?  

From what conditions and which places did your existence arise?  

Who or what is responsible for your making?  

What does living life on Earth mean?  

What does family mean?  

What is the difference between right and wrong and good and evil?  

What is life for?  

Do you need only exist or do you need to accomplish—accomplish what?  

When you can understand first, what your beliefs are regarding these basic tenets of existence, you can begin to understand within what framework your responses are conditioned.  Do you respond to these readings because you have been conditioned to believe that there is a higher authority or wisdom?  Does a hierarchy seem to be the structure through which you understand the order of life?  Do you see how complex this idea of conditioned response/reaction is? 

In your work with others, you are helping them to understand the nature and source of their conditioned responses.  Likewise, they offer you opportunities to study your own conditioned responses and how they inform your life, your behavior, and your actions.

Blessed Be This Day  

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe,
Spirit Elders who share their wisdoms with me
from the other side of the veil. 

May 15, 2014

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