Are We Conditioned?

All humans are conditioned creatures. We are conditioned to do many different things in life, some in very specific ways. One example, an obvious one, is behavioral conditioning. In an organized society, we are conditioned by outside factors (e.g. parents, government, friends) to act in a certain way. There is a limit to what we can do, where we can do it, and how we can do it. For instance, most of us are conditioned to pay taxes, obey laws, and lead as healthy and productive lives as possible. However, some of us, although we have been conditioned to do these things over and over f…