Concept Surfing

I have written before about the seeming inabilty of the mind to distinguish between a concept and an experience. This never ceases to amaze me. The moment we read a book and find a concept that we like or that we agree with, it becomes our "knowledge". To become aware of the difference between promoting a concept and sharing our experience it really requires training the mind and asking oneself, Do I really know this? Is this really my experience and understanding? Or is this an implanted concept?

This is the way that belief systems are created and those belief systems, not based on any real understanding and deeper experience, put us into a position of getting ready to go to war over them, because now the ego-mind structure has high-jacked the concept, it knows that I am right and they are wrong.

The other thing that I have noticed over time is the fact that we really do not hear ourselves speak. And we really are not conscious of our actions and the impact they have on others. We are mostly not ... present. This reminds me of what Christ meant we he said, Forgive them, they do not know what they are doing.

To become conscious also means to become aware of the programs that have been placed into our minds that are not conducive to our well-being and our intention to spread the wings of our soul. To become conscious - and then to delete them.