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    Conditioning and the Inner World

    Conditioning is something we meet from the day we are born. It’s the way the world around us shapes us. We get something if we meet the conditions. For example, if we follow the rules in school, we can be part of a community, earn rewards, and make our parents proud. In this way, conditioning can give us a sense of belonging, reassurance, and safety. The human mind works in structures and habits, and its main program is survival. Because of this, the human mind naturally aligns with conditioning. As J. Krishnamurti wrote: “The mind, the brain is conditioned in the culture it has grown — religiously, psychologically, socially, economically,…