As the realization deepens, the third level of consciousness
arises: I am responsible. He realizes that the outside world is an
'occurring' one. Three people have three different reactions ranging from 'in
favor', 'against' to 'indifferent' or a combination of these three. The thought
arises that our life is not about unfolding events, but about our relationship
with events that shapes subsequent events. The same event can be perceived as
an opportunity or a threat depending on our viewpoint. And this viewpoint
depends on our conditioning.
One is now aware that the world around, the life one is living, is a function of one's perceptions and has nothing to do with others. In the second level, the stiffness of the finger pointing outwards holding others responsible had loosened. In the third level, the outstretched hand loosens and drops. One becomes aware that the outside world is only a mirror reflecting one's conditioning. If one doesn't like the reflection, one need not change the mirror, but simply what's being reflected.
But how does one change what's reflected—one's conditioning? This is a question that's being explored for millennia. Religion explored it at the emotional level, psychologists at the mind level, biologists through genes and New Agers through the influence of conditioning at the energy level.
The attempt at each level is to replace the undesirable with the desirable, a
failure with success, a breakdown with a breakthrough, unloveableness with
lovability. The attempt is for transformation from the inside, not the
outside.One is now aware that the world around, the life one is living, is a function of one's perceptions and has nothing to do with others. In the second level, the stiffness of the finger pointing outwards holding others responsible had loosened. In the third level, the outstretched hand loosens and drops. One becomes aware that the outside world is only a mirror reflecting one's conditioning. If one doesn't like the reflection, one need not change the mirror, but simply what's being reflected.
But how does one change what's reflected—one's conditioning? This is a question that's being explored for millennia. Religion explored it at the emotional level, psychologists at the mind level, biologists through genes and New Agers through the influence of conditioning at the energy level.
The shift is impacted by raising the level of awareness about what's happening, rather than focusing on interpretations. And raising the level of understanding about the nature of conditioning and how it binds an individual. Earlier slave to unconscious reaction, the individual now lives life through conscious choice. He chooses not to allow the past to intrude into the present. All transformation workshops are designed around the fundamental distinction of choice. One chooses love, not fear, freedom, not bondage.
Choosing to bring one's life in order, the world around also falls into place.
- by Pradip Mukherji