Sometimes, when we get frustrated with our own conditioning and patterns, it can be helpful to remember that this was in place long before me.
These human dynamics, patterns, conditioning, beliefs, and identifications were in place long before me. They were already in place in humanity, culture, society, in the family. And as I was born and developed, I took on more patterns that were already in place.
It’s much less about me than it seems. It’s much less personal. And at the same time, it’s all about me since it’s happening here and I am the one who can relate to it more intentionally now.
Of course, this is the case for others as well. Whatever I see in them – and me – was in place long before any of us. It was in place in culture, society, and previous generations. And even for those previous generations, it was in place before them.
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Initial notes……
- the dynamics, patterns, conditioning – in place long before me
- this human self was born with it, into it, with it already in place
- and as it developed, it took on more patterns, already in place in society, in culture, in the family
- it’s much less about me than it may seem, and yet it’s about me bc i am the one who can relate to it more intentionally now