Have you ever thought about your own conditioning? Not many do. These are the automatic responses and behaviors we blindly go about without having to think. For centuries we have been conditioned by nationality, class, tradition, religion, language, education, literature, art, custom, convention, propaganda of all kinds, economic pressure, the food we eat, the climate we live in, our family, our friends, our experiences — every influence you can think of — and, therefore, our responses to every problem are conditioned. Conditioning, on the other hand, is beneficial because it allows us to operate on auto-pilot and leaves our mind to think about other things, and perform other actions simultaneously for our personal benefit. It is a 'program' that is written in your unconscious, a survival mechanism. Conditioning is also synonymous with habit. The trouble is that most of us are run by our conditioning and go unnoticed. They can run our lives without our conscious attention. We are conditioned to make assumptions, conditioned to think in fear, conditioned to believe what is 'sexy', what is 'skinny', 'fat', when all of it just a very crude way of looking at things. It's simplified, destructive thinking. We are also conditioned to think that 'love' is what you see in the movies, when in fact, it has been detrimental to our established perception of love and has caused more confusion than anything. Can we take an honest look at our own conditioned behaviors and observe without judgement? Can we hone in on these habits and make way for change? Luckily, because of our brain's plasticity, our conditioning can be modified over time with practice and repetition. The latest research suggests it takes around an average of 66 days to form most habits. But the first and most important step is to be aware of your conditioning. You can rewrite these pathways but it is up to you to identify what is holding you back before they can be transformed.
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