Retire the autopilot

 The word ‘reaction’ indicates that we are triggered by our memories and conditioning into an action. In other words, we do not have a choice.

The expression ‘response’ in contrast is meant to imply that we pause a moment, reflect, go within, and effectively override the inner robot.

 

Let’s say we manage to do that; then who is making the decision for us? It’s the prevailing higher energies, the force that our self image had overridden.

 

So in fact we react again when we “respond” to a situation. It’s just that this time around we let the higher energies flow through us.

 

We get our self out of the Way. That is the meaning of responding to a situation in a spiritual manner. Retire the autopilot and flow consciously.