THE CORRIDORS OF CONDITIONING

© 2010 Howard McQueen

Every moment of life is gifted to us,

so why is it we find ourselves

so often reminded

of when we experienced all the conditions to love,

all the conditioning passed on down stream to us,

conditions which suggested and often dictated

we no longer believe in the unlimited flow of love,

of nurturing,

of respect,

of being appreciated,

of being so interconnected with this great big human family,

this vastness of interconnection with all that is.

Our will, once influenced,

once infected with the false advertising of conditioning,

sets us to task to manufacture disturbance-based

strategies to avoid or to acquire

what we are already completely interwoven into

and inseparable from.

The sheer futility, the mental madness

The toxic emotional wasted-ness,

of hiding from, of by-passing, the sacredness of this life – well-lived.

Scarcity,

Lack,

Striving for,

Not being judged good enough,

Not feeling worthy or deserving

of this infinite moment to flow into the unlimited joy and love

of being alive.

We slip and trip in these personal pathways and corridors

so well worn by us,

so well trafficked by our fellow human family and all our ancestors.

These vast corridors that closet the mind

stretch into icy snow-drifted mazes,

which we believe are safe to seek comfort by hiding out,

from this great big unlimited flood of abundant love,

that comes rushing in at us,

not discriminating good from bad,

right from wrong,

pain from pleasure.

For all that judgment is left for us to decide,

or not to step into those corridors.

Set your resolve to become aware of what you are appreciating in the moment.

When you discover you have slipped into a corridor,

encourage your awareness to willfully step out of that corridor

into the freshness and vitality of the realness of this moment.

Then, you may choose how to go about unwrapping and more fully

appreciating this gift of life.