Getting to the core of Notself decision making
“The vast majority of humanity, the great passenger lot that we have out there, they’re lost. It’s really sad. So, being able to get to the core of not-self decision making is the first and primary step to be able to see it in the chart and then be able to see not simply that here is the foundation, but then to be able to extrapolate out from there the way in which that kind of mind is going to operate.
Obviously, you’re not looking at this in a vacuum. And it’s something that’s so important to grasp. You’re looking at it within the context of the being’s design. And when you see it within the being’s design you can get right away how they’re going to use that particular aspect, how it’s going to impact the way in which decision making is going to take place.
But the key is first you find this core, this foundation. And when you find it in your own design that’s where you begin your focus. If you have multiple open centers don’t pay so much attention to the other ones. Begin with the key and watch the key at work in you and see how it tries to be sneaky. Mind is really sneaky, how it tries to tell you, to get around you noticing that it’s doing this to you. Mind is very sneaky and you have to watch it. You have to see how hard it tries. Oh, these not-self strategies are so deep.
We’re very vulnerable creatures. We’re vulnerable. You have to understand that the not-self mind is the way in which we develop protection. It’s a protection system; it’s a defense mechanism. Unfortunately, it is an unnecessary defense mechanism that becomes a problem, but it’s a defense mechanism. It’s not like you develop your not-self mind when you’re 30. It starts the moment you come into the world and everything about the way in which your mind is going to operate is how you’re going to be impacted by conditioning.
The very conditioning, all of that openness in you wherever it may be, wherever that conditioning hits sets the patterns. It sets the patterns for defense of the nature against the nurture. That is what not-self mind is. It’s just so sad that it doesn’t work. “Nice try” to protect yourself, but it doesn’t work. It leads to confusion and pain and suffering and all of those other things.”