"All forms of tampering with human beings, getting at them, shaping them against their will to your own pattern, all thought control and conditioning is, therefore, a denial of that in men which makes them men and their values ultimate." - Isaiah Berlin
"Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up with. They're really good at it. I think they're too good. Problem is, what they're doing is conditioning kids to merely accept the culture at hand. But the rebels won't accept it." - Jack Bowman
“When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas and tradition. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow - you are not understanding yourself.” - Bruce Lee
“People will wonder, Am I supposed to think this is funny or serious? People need the comforting aural cue of laughter. It's conditioning.”
Every experience in your life that has guided you to this exact moment in life was due to conditioning. We as human beings are enslaved to habits. Therefore our habits were conditioned into us over time through perception and emotion. You want to sell someone on something talk benefits... you want to sell someone on something and have them buy it... talk fear of loss. What will they lose if they don't act now.
I am including in today's post a Youtube.com clip. It is one of the Super Bowl Commercials from Feb. 7, 2010. I use it because of what a great example it is for the point of conditioning. We can choose to condition ourselves or be conditioned because of the fear of not having or progressing. Fear is what captivates us. When we are conditioned we see it as normal and easier to accept.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq58zS4_jvM
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It is not what we do every once and a while, yet what we do consistently with principles that define the characteristics of who we are. A concept inspired by Blake Fluhart on the ever ongoing battle of habits and conditioning.
From the moment we are born begins our conditioning. From our family, media, public perception, formal schooling, advertisements, social networking, or yourself. The rarest of all and the most productive is self-conditioning. Yet the one thing we lack to figuring out in this transformation of self-conditioning that implies, replacing one habit with a more productive habit, is the element of emotion. An element of emotion tied with love and positive mindset is required to be able to increase an awareness of the negative conditioning that goes on around us daily.
How does social conditioning effect you? How did it effect the people of Nazi Germany?
Martin Niemöller, a German pastor who opposed the Nazis wrote:
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me."
Garrison Keillor said "It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming."
Do you value your freedom? It is what is at stake everyday with your life. There are no foreign wars to be fought, no countries to take over, no religions to proved right... there is only you and your direct communication with yourself and God. What is happening everyday with the economy, media, probably in your own families, circles of friends, social media, everything is conditioning you for the future. Is it what you want? Are you living your life? Is is a life worth living?
Giving into fear is the exact recipe to unhappiness and captivity. Fix your eyes on your purpose and let nothing stand in the way... even death.
Colton - discover your true'ness'
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