Tradition: Programming

Our societies are made up of traditions that programme our behaviour in certain ways. But behind this facade is a deeper programming, where we are encouraged to argue, blame, complain and mentally engage in trying-to-put-things-right. That is part of the programming which keeps us attached to ‘our’ tradition, and entertained.

Entertain: Latin inter ‘among’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The word originally meant ‘maintain, continue’.

Traditions are created or manoeuvred to control a population’s behaviour. People come into power, make a law and withdraw, leaving the new law in place. This law gets us worked up and divided – job done. We cannot change this process as its been going on for a very long time.

We can only put our self right, through direct perception. This is the purpose of meditation; resting in silent awareness, and realising we are this clarity of awareness, pure and simple.

When we are consumed by our ancestry,
we limit and delay our path to enlightenment,
which is free of all attachments.