A Beautiful Metaphor of CONDITIONING

A Beautiful Metaphor of CONDITIONING


If you plunge a frog into boiling water, it will immediately jump out. 

But if you place the frog into cool water and slowly heat it to boiling, the frog won’t notice and will slowly cook to death. 

E.W. Scripture, who wrote The New Psychology in 1897.

He cited earlier German research:
“. . . a live frog can actually be boiled without a movement if the water is heated slowly enough; in one experiment, the temperature was raised at the rate of 0.002 [degrees Celsius] per second, and the frog was found dead at the end of 2.5 hours without having moved.”

This is a beautiful metaphor for how the mind adjusts itself slowly but steadily i.e. how conditioning happens without our knowledge/awareness.

Perhaps the Masters/Gurus just want to make us realize that “all of our actions are happening under the influence of conditioning and genes”.

Perhaps for that purpose they prescribe various mental as well as physical techniques to practice i.e. they try to condition us in a new but easy way so that it can be understood easily.

If Masters say that there is nothing to change…..there is none who is required to be changed………everything is perfect in here-now (moment) ..it will amount to putting the frog in boiling temperature and the so called mind will not digest it.

Life is always there

Although the life as such is same in all the life forms including plant kingdom...may be even inanimate, 

but expressing itself differently 

depending upon 

the food/material available, prevailing circumstances (including genes) and the intensity of the force behind life to pick up or to arrange the food/material to express itself.

The above implies that life is everywhere and all the time...but to express its presence food/material is needed. Further there is a threshold limit of intensity of life force which decides in which form it will get expressed. For example.....suppose a person dies...what happens in that case.

In this case the intensity of life force come down below the threshold limit to express itself as human because of quality and quantity of food (the materials of the body).

Now after sometime say 24 hours or so small worms start appearing in the dead body, because the food available becomes suitable for the life to express itself in the form of worms.

Hence, the life force is never absent..its question of suitable food as well as circumstances to express itself.

Unconsciousness to consciousness

We start our journey of life unknowingly/unconsciously loving others unconditionally.

However from the day conditioning starts, conditions start getting attached in the loving phenomenon slowly but steadily and by the time we become physically/mentally mature our loving phenomenon completely becomes conditioned.

Hence this so called conditioned love comes into action because of the thought structure coming into action/existence i.e. mind coming into existence/action.

And when we hears from others saying (giving idea) or somewhere we read that we should love unconditionally we start practicing "unconditional love" without even questioning the very idea itself i.e. why/how conditions are attached.

This practice conditions us further because generally the very idea "to love unconditionally" is born out of conditioning not out of clarity.

Perhaps the very clarity

""""all of our actions are happening under the influence of conditioning and other known/unknown factors....

....the very idea that "we have control over our action", is false altogether....

....the very idea that "we know ourselves" is false altogether..

..etc...etc....""""

is capable of making us realise that love (the driving force of the life as such) is always free from everything including conditions or includes everything including the conditions.

Perhaps the so called conditioned love is necessary to live the social life, but a qualitative change/shift may happen in it when clarity happens.

ESSENCE of GITA

ESSENCE of GITA 

[ Re-posting ]



A child is born with the body (chariot) having five sense organs (five horses) who are untrained/unsynchronised because of absence of mind.

The life manifesting as child is nothing but Krishna (pure awareness) itself .


In absence of mind (data,software,conditioning) sense organs start functioning without following any specific direction/way as the coordinator (trained/conditioned brain) has not developed.

The child starts getting information and the brain cells start getting training/conditioning and simultaneously the sense organs also start getting synchronized with each other with little mind which has developed in the child .

Further simultaneously the attachment (Ego or Arjuna) takes birth with the development of mind. Better to say Arjun is made up of data and software/programme (conditioning).

By the passage of time due to more information and development of further software, the attachment also grows and become strong i.e. Arjuna (Ego) starts getting established/matured as per the training imparted by the outside factors (society) .

Further Arjuna/Ego on his own also puts more and more inputs or have more and more experiences making it (Ego) further strong.

Alongwith the mind the body (chariot) also comes to maturity, say at the age of about 21 years. However he (Arjuna/Ego) is totally unaware about its (Krishna) nature.


Here due to habits (unconscious compulsive behavior) the sense organs still function without any direction as the person even after maturity does not ask the question “whether these sense organs are meant for his/her use or what, as no such input to ask such questions was ever fed into the system.”


Arjuna does not bother/question what is the purpose behind the whole drama of the so called creations. He is as unconscious (living in slumber) as others are.


He is in the stage of sudra ( a Sansakrit word) i.e. servicing to the sense organs.


Somehow in this person (Arjuna) the intense desire of knowing/finding out/searching the answers of existential questions (who I am, where I am, why I am,etc.) becomes "prominent/priority of life".


Then he starts the search and he is known as seeker.

This we can say "He is a ripe Arjuna and now ready/prepared to face Krishna as mentioned in Gita".

He/she tries to find out a person (Guru/Master etc.) as per information fed into the system.

This is nothing but unknowingly searching Krishna (his own self which he/she actually is) in physical form as he/she is not aware about something which is beyond the grasp of sense organs.

He/she may start inquiring on his own as per his/her understanding.

Here Mahabharata (all sorts of mental and physical gymnastics as suggested by the Guru/Master or as per his understanding) starts happening.


This we can say "He (Arjuna) is in the stage of kshatriya (a Sanskrit word loose meaning in English is fighter).


The awareness/Krishna that he is (he is not aware about this fact), is of different dimension than the physical form which is known to him.


Feeling of presence of awareness through inner/outer Guru (singing of Gita) starts happening. Whenever the ego gets reduced i.e. understanding starts happening, but due to strong attachment (Ego) he/she repeatedly forgets himself.

This goes on for a long period.

This we can say "This period represents the time taken by Krishna in delivering the whole Gita before Arjuna."


Krishna tried all sorts of ways/methods to make Arjuna understands that you are ME, but in vain.

Arjuna was slipping to the trough again and again and was not able to understand what Krishna was trying to convey through various methods like Suddha Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga and Gyana Yoga.


If somehow the total understanding (he is already that which he was seeking or he has never been out from that state or it was his misunderstanding that he was body-mind structure only or everything is happening on its own or nobody is doer) happens to the person his/her all questions come to not as all were existing due to not knowing his true nature or better to say having misunderstanding due to conditioning.


He now becomes Brahmin, a Sanskrit word meaning who knows Brahman the reality/nature/root/base. He/she is now also called Dwij i.e. who takes second birth i.e. realised state . 


""Here lies the significance of the festival Janmashtami (the birth of Krishna).""


This stage represents the showing of Vishwaswarupa by Krishna after which Arjuna as ego gets annihilated on realizing his true nature as Brahman.


The name(word) Arjuna/I remains for name sake...first person singular no..just for communication, but without attachment (load due to misunderstanding).

Now he now knows that he is no other than Krishna (awareness) .



This is the essence of GITA.

WHAT DO WE WANT/DESIRE ?

WHAT DO WE WANT/DESIRE ?

Perhaps reflection of innocence and simplicity in all of our actions from others perspective and a complete relaxation from our perspective.

All the life forms including we humans appear (take birth) with having innocence and simplicity as inherent characteristics/assets which are the cause of complete relaxation at the time of birth.

The reflection/presence of these characteristics remains intact throughout the life cycle of all life forms except humans as "we say that we have lost innocence and simplicity in our life" the evidence of which is our tenses nervous system in waking state.

However, the fact is that in case of we humans too they remain intact throughout our life, but the innocence naturally get reflected and visible daily to others during the sleeping hour.

Even during waking state our body is always innocent and its way of working/functioning is simple.

It means these two characteristics are always present in our body as they are present in other components of the universe.

The question is where is the problem of loosing them ?

Perhaps its all in unawareness of the fact that

"all of our functions are happening under the influence of conditioning and other known/unknown factors/circumstances",

but we are conditioned to believe that we control our functions.

Perhaps once realisation of this fact happens because of "realisation of our helplessness in making any effort as everything happens effortlessly",

there remains nothing (all sorts of thing like greed, jealousy, etc all negatives and positives born out of feeling/knowledge of separation) but reflection of innocence and simplicity all the 24 X 7 X 365 which is experienced as complete relaxation in nervous system barring sometimes when body's needs arise.

Simultaneously it is also realised that "everything, if there is any, is as it should be in the moment."

And perhaps unknowingly/unconsciously we are desiring/seeking/searching this state of complete relaxation only, through various so called material as well as religious/spiritual methods/techniques.

WHAT THE HELL THIS FREEDOM/LIBERATION IS ???

WHAT  THE  HELL  THIS  FREEDOM/LIBERATION  IS ???

[DISCOMFORT CAN HELP YOU TO KNOW THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM] 

All talk of freedom/liberation by real Masters/Gurus who are the most “ordinary/simple/innocent” persons, is misunderstood despite clarification from them.

The reason for misunderstanding or non-understanding is our “non-investigating/non-questioning” or unscientific attitude developed because of conditioning. Another reason for this state of our mind is the emotional attachment which develops with certain Master because of the comfort one feels in company with that Master/Guru.

However, as soon as the issue/question of freedom/liberation arises the “issue of bondage from which freedom/liberation is needed, too arises simultaneously.

Hence, the real issue/problem is not the freedom but the bondage i.e. how one is in bondage.

Once the concept of bondage is cleared one is said to be free. In fact there is none who is in bondage nor there does any sort of bondage exist there.

But we never investigate/question different aspects of bondage like whether we are really in bondage, what are the factors/circumstances which are responsible for this so called bondage, etc.

This bondage can be compared with sleep which is related to the body. There are a few important factors/circumstances which prolong our sleep. More the heavy food/tiredness/comfort more the duration/deepness of sleep.

The misunderstanding/misconception that "this is my mind" represents our sleep/bondage.

In this case of bondage which is related to the so called mind,

the food contains the impressions of experiences experienced through sense organs directly or indirectly.

These impressions make the so called mind. And more than 90% of impressions are contributed by eyes and ears over which there appears to be our control (what to see/hear and what not to see/hear) up to certain extent.

The thoughts/impressions related to simple/ordinary things in life or nature (trees, animals, birds, river, sun, moon, etc.) or up to certain extent logical thoughts can be said to be light food and others including such thoughts (which require everlasting discussion/debate to come to conclusion) as junk/heavy food howsoever they may be useful in day to day life.

Tiredness of the so called mind can be said to be happening due to load of unfulfilled desires including the unfinished/unconvinced thoughts even after discussion/deliberation. More such load more tired is the mind. Such load is known as granthies in Yoga.

So far comfort is concerned we feel comfortable with someone who concurs/agrees with so called our thoughts which are not ours at all...all borrowed.  Next factor for comfort feeling is environment…..means “mass/crowd/sheep” “psychology/mentality”….the gathering of the so called disciples.

Another factor which does play a role in all these things is our genes over which no one has any control. So discussing this factor has no meaning.

We wander from one Guru/Master to another Guru/Master to gain freedom/liberation without even giving a thought on different aspects of this desire to be liberated…like “from what” we want freedom/liberation, “who wants freedom/liberation”, why we want freedom/liberation, etc.

This “non-investigating/non-questioning” attitude not only lead us to be caught in the net of so called Gurus/Masters who knowingly or unknowingly are trying to liberate others, but even staying with them we don't "listen" even them at all as we enjoy the emotional attachment for which we are responsible due to comfort feel.  As we never think/contemplate on this comfort issue we are unaware that "only discomfort can make you realise that you have never been in bondage, but having misunderstanding that the so called mind is yours". This comfort in fact lengthens and deepens your sleep (bondage) further.  

That is why the Masters say----Wherever you feel discomfort understand that you have reached to the right place/person so far the so called freedom/liberation is being sought from the so called bondage.

Further enquiries like authenticity of existence of the mind, yourself and all related abstract phenomena....are different issue.

Perhaps once this misconception of "having your own mind" is gone forever...you may need not require further enquiries.

We are helpless

Unless you "know"( knowledge matching with your action effortlessly) "what you are not", everything else has no meaning.

Birth,growth,breathing,sleep,digestion,blood circulation, etc. and finally death. This is the whole film of all expressions of life including humans. None of these things which is vital for the life to express itself, is in anyone's hand. Everything is happening on its own effortlessly. It means every expression is helpless in a sense. Humans are also as helpless as other forms of life but because of perceptions of imaginary instrument called 'mind' and accordingly go on trying to become something other than what he/she is.