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If we are not familiar with our own conditioning Posted:  So it seems to me that if we are to bring about a fundamental change, it is first necessary to understand the background in which  we have been brought up, the pattern in which the mind operates. If we do not understand that pattern, if we are not familiar with our own conditioning, if the whole trend of our education, in which the mind is caught, is not understood, then we merely follow a tradition, which invariably leads to  mediocrity. Tradition invariably cripples and dulls the mind. So it is imperative, surely, to bring about a  fundamental change within ourselves because, though we may be very clever and know a great deal, most of us are very mediocre, empty, shallow, inwardly insufficient, are we not? And to bring about such a change, it  is necessary to understand the totality of our background. Until we understand that background, however much we may struggle to change ourselves, it will lead us nowhere.The Collected Works vol X, 11

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