How Can I Overcome My Past Mental Conditioning?

It can sometimes seem like our past mental conditioning obscures the light of consciousness entirely. Is there something we can do to change these limiting patterns of thinking and correct negative beliefs that don't serve us, or will that simply reinforce the belief in being a separate self?

Rupert says it's one thing to recognise that the conditioning of the ego is impersonal. It's quite another thing to say that there is nothing you can do about it — that's what Neo-Advaita says. I acknowledge that there is nobody who is personally responsible for their personal conditioning — however, I do think that at the relative level there is something to be done. What is there to be done? To explore our experience.

When you say conditioning masks the presence of awareness, you're slipping back into an old habit or belief system. If you believe that, that's how it will seem to be. Just stop believing that. How do you stop believing that? By seeing that it is not true. In other words, it is understanding that enables you to stop believing that your conditioning masks the peace and happiness that are inherent in your own being.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Overcoming Past Mental Conditioning
0:35 How Our Minds Are Conditioned
1:36 Neo-Advaita
2:23 What Can We Do About Mental Conditioning?
3:09 Changing Belief Systems
5:07 Freedom From Mental Conditioning
5:41 Overcoming Old Habits
7:09 Changing Belief Systems
8:03 Explore Your Experience Now
9:57 What Are Feelings?

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[sajdinkhan]

1. Direct all your energy, awareness, and attention to the present moment. Forget all tasks, people, and commitments. Simply rest in your beingness.

2. Now, become conscious of all the sounds made by the other egos around you. Listen without any reaction. Gradually spread your consciousness further around you, slowly encompassing all space, from your surroundings to covering the entire known universe. Now, let your consciousness loose so that it stretches to infinity.

3. With the awareness of infinite consciousness, time and space cease to exist, and so does the ego. You can witness that this infinite consciousness is the plain in which all worlds, both dull and bright, are created.

4. Meditate on this infinite awareness, or pure consciousness. It is not matter, but a wave, finer than air. The more you meditate, the mind will dissolve and you will realize that all conditioning was of the mind, but now that there is no mind, there is no conditioning.

[richardgreaney]

"Cease giving your experience a mission to veil awareness and it will cease seeming to do so". Mind-blown.
I love how Rupert is calling this woman out whenever her conditioning steps in and tries to hijack her answers.

[injoyinmyself]

SELF1: conditioned by past experience.
SELF2: judges Self 1, wants to change Self 1.

This mental partion is the core mechanism of Self-- help, improvement, enlightenment etc.

[edenrose]

Rupert, I can't explain to you how deeply thankful I am for you. When I feel lost in my own experiences you help me to find my way back to myself. I thank God for you daily.

[apollosun]

A great man once said "I am with you always" and it makes a lot more sense now in light of what Rupert just said. The Light of our Being is always present in every experience, no matter what that experience is. Thank you.

[kennethwilliams]

Julia asked a very important, key, question, understanding the answer is the crack in the dam, once the water starts flowing you can’t stop it, fantastic!

[elizabethbird]

Wow. I heard it, I **understood** it; the joy of getting it brought tears to my eyes. Thank you both. 🙏🙏

[ice.immortal]

I love Rupert’s teachings and even more his laughter 😊

[artofunk]

Love putting the hand over the camera..👍🏽
Darkness… Light… all the while as the conversation goes along..good stuff 🖐🏿

[flowwiththesoul]

You‘re a great guide to the true self - think you, Rupert 🙏❣️

[stangoodvibes]

After 20+ years of on and off counselling to 'free myself' I finally came to realise that 1) there is no me that needs to be freed, and 2) none of that shit that apparently happened in my past actually happened 😀
Thats not to say all the counselling was a waste of time - if you are locked up in conditioning from childhood or whatever, it can be impossible to see beyond it without having someone to help you. It's like the first step to 'awakening' - breaking out of your conditioning and realising that maybe just maybe everything you were told about yourself may not actually be true. That first spark of self awareness can develop over time to an understanding of what happened to you, and you can learn to become a human being. THEN you can start to see beyond yourself to the idea that there actually is no self and the freedom that brings.
Well that worked for me anyway 🙏

[experiencesourceself]

Stunning, stunning! Mr Rupert. I appreciate your teaching so much. So satiating and satisfying ❤❤❤

[ButterflyAwakening]

If you happen to read this keep going... You have the strength to overcome any obstacle. Celebrate your victories, no matter how small, and be kind to yourself. Your journey will lead you to a brighter tomorrow! 🦋🦋🦋

[lukapesun]

@8:33 "simply, cease giving your experience permission to veil awareness and it will cease seeming to do so."

[Anastasia-oyzp]

I believe in the non dual message and I like some of Ruperts videos, however I know from my own experience that some demons run extremely deep and some people are truly in atrocious situations and you can’t spritulise everything. Sometimes awakening means standing up for oneself and that can include utter rage and violence.

[skyotter]

Perfectly clear and luminous explanation. Thank you, Rupert.

[lavanyabhadalkar]

So beautifully explained sir,
Though most of us know this, it's never enough, as the mind comes across a new situation, all the knowing just becomes unsteady,
And ur the coolest breeze 🙌in the scorching heat

[Constantinesis]

I see the light, I wish I hear more on the topic of fear, phobia and similar weights one might carry.

[dbawaken]

Here I sit, apparently veiled by thought and form……… seemingly lost and seperate…….. even the one who writes this is still experienced objectively !?!

What is this “feeling” behind this awareness???

Who or what is this ??? 🤔

Can it be “identified” with, or against ?? 😢

❤

[Marzena-Magdalena]

'I' experience Awareness like sweet, gentle and very loving ❤