Send us a textEugene begins with the observation that, although all humans have the same origin, we are always at war with others. Not just nations but tribes, families, neighbours. Why have we not learned the lesson of history that all such quarrels do not bring lasting peace? The answer is “inertia,” the tendency to carry on doing what we are doing. This inertia is at all levels in us, physical, emotional and mentational. All are habitual and all are acquired from outside of ourselves, from parents and other educators, and from wider society. We are conditioned into disliking others from different backgrounds, different countries, races, religions, etc., and do not question where these ideas come from. We internalise them in the same way we learn to drive a car; they become automatic responses in us. Volition has no inertia and is always initiative. Inertia is when we identify with either a mentational, reaction from parents and society, an emotional attitude, or by a physical, habitual tendency. We often identify with a form that we make, such as when we see ourselves as a certain kind of person and then make our life into a pattern consistent with that form.Please note that further information can be found at www.eugenehalliday.com/welcomeOn the website, there are links for you to freely download full transcripts of all of the talks available here. eugenehalliday.com encourages dialogue and would warmly welcome opening a dialogue with anyone who has an interest in wanting to discuss the contents of eugenehalliday.com further.

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