what this is about

…past all conditioning…what is this blog about? In this blog I want to explore and look into what one might call understanding and self-knowledge…

I want to look into the nature of ourselves, of oneself…I want to inquire into the nature of the self in all its various forms and primarily in terms of what one actually is…

Is there even such a thing as one? Is that expression self in its various forms in any way accurate in speaking of the self? You see, to inquire into one’s nature may simply be a waste of time without asking oneself in the first place: Is there one?... Or is it simply a myth, this self, this identity, this personality...this me?

This will not be, my intuition tells me, an intellectual or philosophical inquiry…It will be simply an inquiry into what one can actually see...

…past all conditioning is to see beyond one’s culture and beliefs and upbringing and one's life and personal history…It is to see beyond all traditions and establishments and identity and political and national boundaries and one’s religion and faith… past all conditioning is to inquire without beliefs and assumptions and to see what is actually there rather than to see what one wants to see, or what one has been taught to see…

Is that possible?…Is it possible to go beyond one’s conditioning?…