De-Conditioning the Conditioned Mind

By Frank M. Wanderer Ph.D

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

The society and culture in which you have grown up has programmed fixed patterns of the mind into you, and your sense of identity, who you are and what your job is in this world, are based upon those patterns.

These systematic patterns of thoughts, programmed into you by your parents and teachers are deeply embedded into your mind and subconscious by the psychological mechanisms of identification, and they automatically surface every now and then.

Whether you like it or not, these thoughts come and go, your mind is in constant motion. These patterns strive to be self-sustaining, and they generate the work of mind. The result is the cobweb of thoughts with which you identify and that is how you live your life.