Shedding Your Conditioning

Although your conditioning may be firmly in place and it may be true that you don’t know what you don’t know, but if this isn’t investigated what you don’t know will be the only thing you know…

When a snake sheds its skin it’s because the snake is growing. If the conditioned skin doesn’t fall away, growth will not occur. It’s the same with us, just substitute the skin of the snake with our ideas. Life is a natural process of learning and growing, but the base of growth is dependent on the new that’s replacing the conditioning. For years I drove an old car in constant need of repair just to keep it up and running. This is how many live their life, constantly making adjustments and repairs just to keep it running; not many truly live. It wasn’t until I purchased a new car that it was realized just how broken down the old one was. This goes with the saying “You don’t know what you don’t know” this is also what happened to me when I finally let go of the conditioned ideas I had in place, I started realizing just how out of sorts my thinking was, I began the process of shedding my conditioning per se.

Although learning is a natural process of life, learning to grow spiritually is not automatic. It does seem to take some effort even if it’s only the willingness to head in a different direction. There are many intellects in the world who don’t have a clue as to what it means to live in the space of spiritual growth; they never seem to shed their conditioning. The mind loves the familiar and will always try to convince you it’s better to stay in that space instead of going in the space of the unknown. So it may be true that you don’t know what you don’t know, but if this isn’t investigated what you don’t know will be the only thing you know. And because nothing new is being allowed in, your conditioning will remain in place and new growth will not be allowed to occur…