All of your inspirational quotes and self-help self-talk may be doing more harm than good. Rob takes the conversation deeper & deeper with co-host Deone (Deeone) Higgs and JK Allen on this weeks WROAR broadcast of “The Curse of the Conditioned Mind.”
The Curse of the Conditioned Mind
The conditioned mind is a box of standard thoughts. This mind asks questions that only can be answered from the thoughts it has in its box. It can only think up to the walls of the box, and think no farther.
The conditioned mind is a box of thoughts.
If you are to think out of the box of standard thoughts, then you must be willing to think beyond your conditioned mind, which means you must be willing to be wrong about a lot of thoughts that you insist are right.
I had to admit that I was wrong when I thought that a person had to have connections, or had to be born into money, or had to have some rare talent to make a million dollars. My conditioned mind could only ask questions and come up with answers that confirmed my standard thoughts. This left me with further proof that I was better off with my current job than quitting to start my own business and make my own millions.
There was a certain ‘wrong eagerness’ that compelled me to prove to myself that making a lot of money was beyond my grasp. Obviously, the eagerness was wrong because it was pointing me in the wrong direction – it had me seeing all the reasons why I couldn’t fulfill on my million-dollar dream.
The conditioned mind’s nature is to be restless when you think outside of its box of standard thoughts. This mind values the restlessness because it can use this to convince itself that there is no answer beyond the box of standard thoughts it contains. Thus, it’s always working for itself – isn’t it?
The conditioned mind’s nature is to be restless when you think outside of its box of thoughts.
The deception of the conditioned mind is apparent – it does not want new answers, it only wants solutions that are compatible with its box of standard thoughts. And, if this means ‘no solution’ is the solution, then this is what it prefers.
Wow, that’s a big one – let’s hear that again: The deception of the conditioned mind is apparent – it does not want new answers, it only wants solutions that are compatible with its box of standard thoughts. And … if this means ‘no solution’ is the solution, then this is what this mind prefers.
The conditioned mind is tricky. It puts up smoke screens that stop you from elevating your consciousness above its box of standard thoughts. The smokescreens protect this mind from being challenged. When you challenge this mind, by not falling for it’s usual ‘smoke and mirrors’ answers, you are able to change your mind.
The last thing the conditioned mind wants you to do is to change your mind. How can it survive if you change your mind and begin thinking new thoughts that do not fit in its box of standard thoughts?
The conditioned mind is tricky.
The first step to changing my mind about earning a million dollars was to realize that something was wrong with my standard way of thinking about money. My conditioned mind was perfectly content to invent ‘problematic thinking’, invent questions and answers that discouraged me from thinking our of its box of thoughts about money:
- Why can’t I be one of those who make a million dollars? Answer: “I’m starting too late in life.”
- Why does making a million dollars seem so difficult? Answer: “I’m not smart enough.”
- Why is it so complicated to make money these days? Answer: “It’s not like the good old days when making a money was a simple sowing and reaping process.”
- What stops me from qualifying to be a millionaire? Answer: “I didn’t get the right education.”
- Ad Infinitum
The light of truth dawned on me when I was willing to look directly at my box of standard thoughts. Here is that truth: When I throw trash thoughts into the wind, trash thoughts come blowing back to me. This revelation helped me study my conditioned mind without being hypnotized by it.
When I throw trash thoughts into the wind, trash thoughts come blowing back to me.
I have offered you the first crucial step it takes to prove to break free of your conditioned mind so you can achieve your lofty dreams. The perfect proof of right thinking is to be willing to be wrong about your ‘usual thoughts’; those thoughts that stop you from thinking out of your box of standard thoughts.
How do you think out of your conditioned box of standard thoughts? Answer: Let go of the anxious need to prove that you are right about your usual way of thinking – that usual way that stops you from realizing your incredible potential.
Real and higher thinking is possible when you see your conditioned mind for what it is – a thinking machine that simply wants to survive with the thoughts that oil its gears. It does not intend to unplug itself so you can think anew and create an incredibly new life to unfold for you.
The conditioned mind is a thinking machine that simply wants to survive with the thoughts that oil its gears.
When you unplug your thinking machine, you cease to be a problem-seeking machine. What comes next? Answer: An awakened mind that finds answers to your problems because it is not part of the problem.
Read this blog again slowly. Drop the wrong thoughts that stop you from understanding the precious lesson it offers. Please share what you have learned from this, or offer an insight that further advances this conversation. What you do for others, you do for yourself. Please participate.
Thank you and blessings.
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OMG again! That was crazy good. So crazy good that I feel bad — in the good sense. In the sense that makes me feel like I got lots of work to do but at least i know now what I have to do! Totally awesome input from Deone – I totally connected with that. Most of time Rob is talking way over my head and I think I know what I’m thinking then I realize I don’t anything. So, I was shot out of bed like a rocket this morning because I realized that there is GINOURMOUS difference between thinking from my conditioned mind and thinking from my “Awesome Mind” (thats what I call it!
) But I am totally like Deone and lot of others when I tell myself that I am thinking on a higher state, when in reality I’m just repeating some stuff I heard that is just taking me further and further way from my natural awesomeness.. does that make sense? It’s like I know what I need to do, but then I get too big for my (petite) britches and end up complicating things and that keep taking me further and further from that awesome me – that – i know – i can BE! Stick with it Deone, I know you have it all inside… if I’m feeling the same way you are then I know I’m not crazy, right? 
Hi Kara. No one can enter your psychic home but you. When you make a sincere effort to awaken from your mechanical thinking – great things happen, don’t they! Thanks for your honesty.
I was thinking about how i can find the “new” thoughts that I invite to become my tools for change. I started thinking about watching the people who seem to have success in the places I want to grow and looking/trying what they do. (this is one time it is smart to look outside since looking inside will only access what I already have) For instance, I tend to follow the rules and always had the idea that doing the “right” thing would make life easier. Actually, what it makes me is one of the sheep, following directions, eating the grass in the pretty meadow, insignificant …until Easter dinner finds me the main course…and I sit in despair wondering what I did wrong and not pleased with how I became the center of attention.
Not character and integrity who I am stuff but rules like deadlines that in the past had been excuses not to start I have found are extended as needed. Rules that I don’t have enough money, time, experience…all fade away when I do it anyway. I am doing a “hard project” now and amazing…they (the gov’t etc…are giving me money)..I always thought I had to do it all or it wouldn’t be right. Now I am looking for people who do the thing specifically to turn it over to them…and I am telling them to optimize my systems to find the money to pay themselves…and they are doing it!! I am trying to learn to see myself as the monk that spins the plates when for so long I have been the single plate spinning.
These days I am pretty much an advocate of breaking the rules (anything but traffic rules their penalties are too stiff
There is some unsureness if my line of work is my best choice. I still get confused by “She” and I know I don’t see her there until some drama triggers the reminder to be careful. I’m not sure if the things that brought me into this work are really me or the She I had created…I accepted the possibility that I can fail totally, and I won’t, and I move ahead until the day there is clarity in a different direction..and then I will make the change. Sitting and waiting for perfect, hitching a ride on someone elses dreams, or searching without action, proved painful,useless and expensive. I am determined to be more and I will be more, and risk and change are my proof of action.
Hi Sylvia. You are continually asking, “Why does my world go as it goes?” … and your asking shows. It is clear that you are breaking free of self-imposed mental hypnosis – your comments are much more insightful these days. Thank you.
thank you for noticing. I value your positive reinforcement and I ask your help in noticing “she” and speaking to me as clearly when she appears. Quick noticing is the best damage control and “she” can be difficult for me to recognize early. It’s easy to say the good stuff, it’s a charished teacher who will call you on your oopses, even when you claim to want to “cure” them. Are you up for that?
This has “backfire effect” written all over it, Rob.
Our brains are wired to seek balance and understanding. As we take in immeasurable stimuli – sights, sounds, smells, etc. – our brains are sorting and categorizing things to build an understanding of their surroundings.
This is an electro-chemical process, too. All this stimuli is converted to electricity and routed across the hemispheres of our brains. And, like water, electricity follows the path of least resistance.
When we encounter things which challenge our preconceptions, we present the brain with a challenge to route that electricity along the equivalent of smaller, slower routes. The brain doesn’t want to change its fundamental programming. The brain wants to reinforce its own findings. This is why, when faced with evidence contrary to what we already believe, we often go out of our way to discount it. It is more comfortable to preserve the norm.
“Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt. That’s the first thing they teach you.” If I am doubting myself – even just a little bit – there is no doubt. Something is wrong and I need to figure out what that is.
If I think I’m starting too late, I need to quit procrastinating.
If I think I’m not smart enough, I need to educate myself.
If it’s not as simple as it used to be, I need to step back, reconsider the landscape and simplify things.
Break from vagabond thoughts.
Hi Brian. Nice addition to the blog. What attracts you to this website is that you are weary of the deceptive game the conditioned mind plays. Congratulations. You have something fresh to say. Blessings
I am going to have to listen to this again. While listening, it felt as if I had two people in my mind. One said,”You see, THAT is the reason why you have been pushing back so hard against the ‘way things are and have always been.’” That part refuses the status quo. I started just agreeing with you and actually talking back to the computer. “Yes, that is a bunch of crap that I think, right there.” All the resistance is a bunch of bs because frankly – where are the results? There is a part that knows it is on the precipice and must push through, no matter what the cost. The other part needs to be shut up.
Hi julie. WOW. You really jumped into this one. What a wise guide you become when you write as you did here. You develop this ability when you want this ability more than you want your habitual way of thinking. Blessings
Bravo Rob. Personally, I think one of the greatest gifts a loving universe has given is the ability to change our mind. Not long ago I convinced myself that I didn’t like a neigbor. Maybe I should put that another way. My conditioned mind came up with a carefully crafted rationale to explain why this person wasn’t really worthy of my respect and love.
Then one day a beautiful light went on in my mind. “Why not love him anyway?” I thought to myself. In that very instant the change happened. Now it’s kind of fun when I pass by this person’s house to feel truly “all’s well in my world.”
thanks for sharing this thought…it added a smile to my morning
Hi Christopher. You’ve taken an abstract notion and taken it to a concrete example – PERFECT. Nothing works better than a real life experience. I applaud you for your contribution. Wisdom has the ability to see through the artificial – you’ve done this here. Blessings
I think you say it best when you say that the “conditioned mind is tricky.” Thats my mind all over. I come up with a ton of logical answers as to why I dont need to change. I’ve realized that my mind loves to stay “status quo”. I do manage to overcome this inertia through a lot of pushing and hard work… and then once I get to that new level I get lazy again and don’t want to change. I think it’s because I’m older and picked up this self-help talk later in life and I feel like I want to graduate from “self-help school” and get on with my life. It is like I want to get back to normal, but just a better “normal” version of me. But as you keep pointing out to me it’s all about continuing forward. When I do find myself looking for the comfort of status quo I know that its time to think about improving some area of my life. Ah! No rest for the weary, is there my friend?
Hi Roger. Yes, the conditioned mind is tricky, and you are seeing through its bag of tricks. The more familiar you become with the tricks of the conditioned mind, the easier it is to break free of its grip over you. Thank you
Hi Rob, It’s kind of funny when I think about, but I go through 98 percent of my day just reaching into my box of thoughts and dealing with life. I think lots do. It’s not so bad to have routines and habits when they help us be productive. After all if we had to reinvent the wheel every morning by figuring out a new way to commute to work we would waste a lot of time. So I think it is especially important to pay careful attention to that 2% of the day where we have a sort of free will to think different and try something new. I took this lesson to heart at my office on Friday. Instead of making it just another Friday, I decided to do something a little special for my hard working staffers – I went ahead and ordered up some Pizza and we had a lovely lunch. It’s not extravagant but it was a nice way to mix things up and have some time to catch up on our lives.
Hi Carol. Pizza will do it – pizza will break you free from your usual routine as long as pizza is not already part of your usual routine. The conditioned mind does not take pleasure in your choice of pizza, if pizza is not part of its standard box of thoughts. Great move! Thank you for this ‘real world’ lesson.
Beautiful title and insightfully true.
> The conditioned mind is a thinking machine that simply wants to survive with the thoughts that oil its gears.
And now matter how good the oil is, we still need oil changes.
I like a little note that I came across today that said it’s important to distinguish between an instinct and a routine. It’s helps remind us to periodically check whether we’re going against our grain, stuck in a rut, or off to a good start … where the pain might just come with the gain.
Hi J.D. Being a man who loves thinking out of your box of standared thoughts – I imagine you did get a kick out of this blog. I like your distinction between instinct and routine. Instinct does not take pleasure in your mechanical reactions; routine does. High quality consciousness is the answer to a fresh, new you (or me), isn’t it J.D. Thank you
Hi Rob. I kind of like my conditioned mind. Except for a few areas of my life it has gotten me pretty far. I mean after all, I had to condition my mind to be disciplined and work hard. So there are some things I like and some things I don’t. I mean, lets say I finally did condition my mind to be successful with women, how do I know thats even healthy or my “authentic-self.’ If I spend all my time shaping and molding my life and my thinking, where is the excitement and spontaneity that makes life worth living??. When it comes to my love life, I think I want to be the same person, but I want it to be unknown and exciting. If I spend all my time searching for answers to the problem of “why I can’t find a dream girl” then its like solving a math problem or something. I just want it to happen when it is right and when the “stars align” or whatever. I know, know… I’m usually science minded but I guess I’m still a sucker for romance.
Hi alan. You are inquiring deeper into the nature of being a responsible human being – one who holds himself accountable for his thoughts and behavior. This inquiry will bring you great rewards. Stay with it. Blessings
Yes, I think this is similar to something I’ve noticed in meditation — that the main purpose of the mind appears to be to find problems to worry about, because, as you say, it is a survival machine. Unfortunately, most of the worrying is unhelpful, and the thinking and rationalizations we do to support our worrying are even less helpful.
Hi Chris. Yes, the conditioned mind loves to worry. Unfortunately, a lot of its worries cause unnecessary emotional tension that slide into chronic anxiety and even contempt. Growth and development does not occur at that level of consciousness, does it, Chris. Thank you
Very appropriate title for this post, Rob. The conditioned mind is a curse to many people. I know for a fact it has been the main reason for my own restlessness in producing the life I’ve always wanted. These days I have taken notice of many different situations in my life, where my conditioned mind kept me away from opportunities that would present themselves to me. I didn’t believe the opportunities were solutions for me, because my limited way of thinking would always produce excuses as to why a prosperous life wasn’t possible. It wasn’t until I begun questioning everything I had learned, that I was able to start seeing that I was just as much worthy of the opportunities as anyone else. My box of thoughts consisted of all those things you discussed on Thursday’s show and here in this post, “I’m not smart enough”, “I came from the wrong side of the tracks”, “What would it mean if I prospered.” The list went on and on. The greatest thing about the conditioned mind is that it is able to be changed. We can do things differently than we were accustomed to have done them before, by improving our self-talk, and stepping away from the ‘norm’ for us. Great lesson here, my friend. It was very empowering and liberating. Two things that I have come to gain a great appreciation for in my life. Thank you.
Hi Deone. We rarely see people as they are. We see skilled actors, hypnotized by their roles … and they believe their roles are real. You are waking up to this fact about them … and about YOURSELF. Glory be! Blessings
Great piece. I always learn so much when I come to your blog! The conditioned mind does hold us back. I could relate to your “problematic thinking.” I have also had those thoughts that I am too late in the game, or I’m not trained to do anything outside of teaching. I do find that when I am open, new possibilities start to fall into place. They inspire me and I become energized at the possibilities. I don’t know where my path will take me, but your post gave me clarity on what is possible if we let go of our conditioned mind.
Hi Cathy. You are understanding what it means to choose in favor of what is best for you. What a gift you offer yourself with this understanding. I applaud you. Thank you.
Hey Brother man. Right on. Our conditioned minds are why so many people are so up tight. People have to learn how to get out of their boxes. It applies to everything. I get most people just care about making money and being super-achievers or whatever, but people also have to think about how the conditioned mind crushes their natural easy joy. I mean, compassion and love is the most natural thing in the world but so few people even know how to express it. They either try too hard with big fake toothy grins and look like phoneys, or they stuff it way down so they are walking around with clenched up butt-cheeks! To me thats because their natural way of thinking has been twisted and contorted and shoved into that box. I think people should start with little ways to think out of their boxes… ya know like kickn back with their bros, or handing out some hugs to people they are excited to see. Whatever it is, just make BE REAL. If you can do the small things first then life starts to get lighter and lighter. I think we have to get in tune with our inner harmony first, and then one day we might find that all things we thought were important, like aquiring more money and materials or whatever, is not even what we truly want.
Hi Rus. Life gets lighter when we experience inner harmony, doesn’t it, Rus. Inner harmony never takes pleasure in your downfall. This is what has making company with ‘inner harmony’ such a pleasure. Thank you.
I know that I have many thing to do more.
But in this post give me interesting to say something
When we face with something, we think that them can be do or can’t then with each our decide to think always true. Because our brain will work as prove our thinking as true in fact.
And I think our brain very power to choose positive think.
Hi Chu Nam. When we decide that we can do something or when we decide that we cannot do something – we act with calm self-command to prove we are right – don’t we. To decide means to kill off all other options. Suicide is to kill oneself off, pesticide is to kill off pests, homicide is to kill off another man … indeed there is great power to kill off all alternatives when we truly decide. You’re right – it is very powerful to choose positive thoughts and make positive decisions. You need never give any thought to alternatives when you decide. Decide wisely and the world is your oyster. Blessings
ello Robert. I enjoyed listening this week. I will have to do it more often. Normally I just read the blog but I think the radio give it another dimension. Well done. And yes, the Conditioned mind sure does give bad advice. It seems to me it is the eternal struggle to not only overcome our own conditioned mind, but also the conditioned minds of those around us. How many times a day are we handed canned responses from pea brains who don’t have an original bone in their body. All they do is regurgitate what is already out there until we take it to be fact. And then the worlds conditioned mind becomes OUR conditioned mind. Seems to me their is a vicious cycle of small thinking that is going to be the bane of this planet. I think the answer is easy. I simply make it habit to question everything I hear no matter how mundane or normal it may seem. Even when I watch the Red Sox game, the announcers claim to be experts, but why can’t I question them? They don’t really know what a player or manager is thinking, so why should I swallow their opinions with out thinking twice? Well, its true of everything. I catch myself in stupid habits and lame responses. Sometimes I want to change it, and sometimes I’m okay with it. The point is we have to be aware of it first. Then and only then can we truly think for ourselves on all matters large and small.
Hi Salty. Yes, when the collective consciousness of six billion mingling minds become our consciousness – we react to our daily affairs in a robotic fashion, similar to all the others who are swept up by the collective consciousness and mechanically react. Unfortunately, this is not where the evolution of humanity takes place, is it. The evolution of humanity is a result of individuals taking risks to think for themselves in all matters large and small. Nice catch, Salty. Thank you.
Letting go, as you said, of the need to be right–that’s critical, isn’t it? And our need to judge things as good or bad. I still do it, but I’ve learned to recognize it more quickly and let it go. Instead, I like the idea that all things work together for good. Inside the box, outside the box, the box disappears. Great post.
Hi Galen. When the world-voice (news media) convinces you that it is right, and you decide to parrot opinions that you hear on television or read in the newspaper, and insist it is right – now you’ve got yourself a pickle. You are not thinking for yourself; you are being ‘thunk upon’. Real riches come when a person dares to think for himself, don’t they Galen. Then all things work together for good. I am agreeing with you in a round-about way. Blessings
Hey Rob, I’ve been so conditioned to be pissed off and angry all the time that I constantly fail to miss all the good things that are going on around me. I don’t know what is up with that, but as hard as I try I just feel bound and determined to stay disgruntled! Just when I think I am peaceful and benevolent some little thing ticks me off and sends me into a strange hell of my own invention. I mean, when it comes down to it I should be grateful for where I am. Tons of people are unemployed… but I don’t have cancer, I have good family and friends, yet I still love to get pissed off, agitated and angry. I don’t know how long it takes to break the curse of my conditioned mind but I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. How long did it take you? I mean you seem enthused, energetic and peaceful… I just really want to know how long this is supposed to take. Maybe I’m just frustrated. One minute I think I have life figured out, then the next I’m in down in the slop again.
Hi Ramone. When you allow your conditioned mind (which includes a large collection of angry reactions) to control your responses to life – it is time to slow down. This is the answer to mental clarity, which enables you to see things differently. You’ve improved tremendously with this. Don’t discount this fact, Ramone. Blessings
Hey there Ramon, I think it takes the blink of an eye …because what happens is not that the world changes but that we see it differently. I am curious why you continue to be “Angry Ramone” when it reinforces what you say you do not want. Progress is certainly slowed when all the yes’s you are giving youself are instantly countered by “Angry Ramone”. Who would you choose to be if you weren’t angry? Does gentle Ramone or peaceful Ramone offend your sense of who you are?
Tell me about it! I think any serious artist has to figure out a way to overcome that cursed conditioned mind. Like Deone, I’ve given serious thought to changing my name too. Part of thinks I would be much more free to express myself and really hang it out there. Little wonder so many famous musicians have stage names and authors have their nome de plumes. It’s all in the name of getting out of that box and choosing a way of thinking that they didnt even now they were allowed to think. David Bowie comes to my mind, thats not his real name and then that wasn’t enough so he changed into Ziggy Stardust and got really out there! Hmm… actually i’m more convinced than ever that I should just invent a stage name and as you said “take it to market” and see what happens.
Hi John. Many successful people have changed their names to remind themselves that they were recreating themselves anew. If you change your name with this intent in mind, and you constantly remind yourself of this – then you’re inviting real strength by doing so. Truth alone can heal the broken spirit – but the individual alone must ask for it. One way of asking is to change your name as a reminder that you are changing your identity. Blessings
This is truly a good post for me right now….I have been working with Melody Fletcher on Deliberately Receiving Blog on releasing some old thinking that makes me feel angry over and over again….I am not completely letting it go.
I am finding that comedy and laughter truly helps me let go – when I can find that deep laugh that brings release and then I can laugh at myself – wow What a deal that is!
thank you for sharing your good words – I appreciate them very much
Hi Patricia. ‘Deliberately receiving’ is an incredible inquiry. What am I deliberately receiving? It depends upon who I have created myself to be. If I believe that I am unworthy of receiving all that is good and beautiful, then I am deliberately receiving far less than that, whether I am conscious of this fact or not. right? Thank you for sharing.
Hi Rob, one thing I’ve learned and have been desperately trying to apply to my life is what you taught me about being a “Woe is me” victim. I hate trying to frame everything in terms of my resent divorce, but I have to say I have conditioned myself to be a victim. A victim financially, socially and spiritually. I’ve lost mutual friends, lost income and lost a sense of self and feeling complete. That all sounds horrible I know. But just listening and reading and re-listening and re-reading, I’ve managed to adopt a whole new perspective on where I am right now. Instead of seeing loneliness and sorrow, all I see is a wide open world of opportunity! Can you believe it!?? Because I hardly can!!
It feels good and I am only a little scared that my feeling is not real, but a form of denial. Am I truly reaching outside of my box of thoughts or do you think I’m just in deep denial of reality?( like the quack marriage-counselor my ex hired put it (: ). Thanks for all you do here.
Hi Joan. When the mind is conditioned with thoughts of helplessness and grief, the person possessing that mind is conditioned to be a victim, isn’t she (he)? When you realize that higher forces (within you) are trying to reach and help you – you help them succeed by dropping mental walls (conditioned thoughts), don’t you. Thank you
Hi Rob. I think this is your best package to date. The combination of the Radio and the written word hit a chord with me. From the outside looking in, most people think that well-off baby boomers have it made. But, you and I know nothing could be further from the truth. The older I get the harder it is to battle my conditioned mind (and I get a little older every morning). Yes, my conditioned mind is tricky and makes me lazy. It convinces me I am doing something new and taking on new challenges, but when it comes down to it I just don’t have the same chutzpah I had when I was 20,30,40… even. I admire you for overcoming that inertia and complacency. I’ve conditioned my self to feel entitled and think that I should not have to work hard anymore. But that is anathema to everything I claim I want to do. I start a new hobby like photography and then I don’t want to learn about technology and do the grunt work of downloading, photoshoping and printing. I just want to snap the darn pictures with my fancy camera!
What you made me see for the first time is that if I’m going to make my final years worth a goddamn I have to start all over again and learn to be dumb, humble, raw, naked and stupid. Jeeez, nothing could be worse for an old know it all like me.
Hi Georgie. “If I’m going to make my final years worth a goddamn I have to start all over again and learn to be dumb, humble, raw, naked and stupid” Now that’s a commitment, Georgie! A man journeyed a ten thousand miles to seek the truth about himself. When he learned of his incredible potential, he was struck dumb. He was dismayed and was humbled. He felt stupid, for not seeing the raw, naked truth long before he began the journey. Welcome to the journey, Georgie. Blessings
Yo Robby-Bobby-bobo. I tell ya straight up this a conversation that gots nuthin! (as in NO-THING!) to do with me. No one tells me what to think but ME. So why would I waste my time conditioning my self to be a weakass looooser!!? NOT gonNA HAPPEN! YO, dont get me wrong… I know not everyone is not cut out to be the dopest MO-FO on the planet (ME), so most people are gonna struggle with trying to figure out what to think. But personally… I’m just sayin… IT AINT THAT HARD. I don’t know … I know I’m mad lucky to be one of the choosen few who havent been beaten down by life, parents and TMZ…. thats all good stuff, but at the end of the day I condition my mind like I condition my SIX PACK ABS!!!! Just educate Uself and TAKE CARe OF BUSINESS. And if you don’t know the answer don’t be scarred to FKN ASK!!!! Yo for real… you have no IDEA how many pickleheads I come across who don’t have the NIZUTS and NIZOWLEDGE to realize they dont know EVERYthinG!!!! Just get real. KNOW what you KNOW and KNow what you DONT KNOW…. aint no shame in bein a VIRGIN in different areas of life. HHAHAHAHAH …. YO check it … I aint been a VIRGINe since I was like 13!!! But I tell you WHAT… Im willing to be a straight uP VIRGINE when Im learning about becoming a the next NEIL STRAUSS and Stephen KING love CHILD!! HAHAHAHAHHAHA… that is makin millions and sellin mad BOOKS as ROCK STAR AUthor. PAXXX OUTTT ROB.
Hi Magic. How quickly can a person defeat that which is defeating him? As you say in your own unique way – ‘as quickly as he succeeds with taking control of his mind and thinking his own unique thoughts’. And that, magic, you certainly do. Thank you
I don’t know about this one Rob. I lost my conditioned mind a long time ago in the 80′s. I think my conditioned mind had things figured out. I mean, my mother and my grandmother conditioned my mind…. and then I decided to go nuts and throw out everything they taught me. I think when I hit rock bottom it was basically because I decided to do everything I thought they would disapprove of. In hindsight, I should have listened to my mother! It’s the oldest cliche in the book. But as they say, cliches are cliches for a reason… So my question to you is; had I listened to my conditioned mind, which was conditioned by people older and a hell of a lot wiser than I am, I bet you dollars to donuts I would be better off today. No? I threw away “standard thoughts” (the thoughts my grandma and mother gave me) in the name of thinking for myself… which turned out to be a total disaster. Or maybe I’m just missing the point.
hi Richard. Your grandmother had some wise tips to offer you. The world-voice (with its chants of NO), had a lot of crummy advice to offer. I suspect you think you thought for yourself when you were being ‘thunk upon’ by the world-voice. If you really thought for yourself, you’d have found your grandmother’s wise advice a springboard for even more inspiring thoughts, which wold have come directly from the true you. Then comes the breakthroughs (not breakdowns). Thank you for that honest question. Blessings
Indeed, we keep replaying our childhood stories over and over until we don’t. We don’t replay these stories when we see there is a different way of looking at things. This is the secret to all breakthrough thinking, isn’t it. Blessings