Attitude And Behavior
Are Inextricably Entwined

 Underlying attitudes can be invisible to the holder, yet are glaringly obvious to Intelligent eyes and ears.

With adequate study and understanding of Human Nature, those intelligent eyes and ears can be readily honed to the condition where you will find yourself echoing that Eastern Sage,  Confucius, and his insightful dictum – How can a man be concealed!

Whether overt, or covert, when acted upon, our intentions are executed via our Affective Attitude Component.

Being so inextricably entwined with our Emotions, so as to be indistinguishable, the affective component of one’s attitude is the most influential and powerful element of the Human Mind.

Without consistent supervision from the Cognitive Component, one’s attitude and behavior is subject to our undirected moods and whims.

One's affective attitude is the Chief Executive Officer of our decisions. It matters not whether those decisions are Good, evil, rational, erratic, significant or trivial.

Supervised, or unsupervised, this is our action mechanism.

This is the Mind mechanism that when guided by the Cognitive Attitude Component to act in a Moral and Just manner, is responsible for every Material and Spiritual advancement Humankind has experienced.

This is Good being employed.

Conversely, it is also responsible for all our unethical, improper, and immoral, behavior.

This is evil being employed.

The choice between Good and evil is decided via the Cognitive attitude component, and executed via the Affective attitude component.

Every individual’s attitude, and hence behavior, is a simple matter of choice.

That simple – meaning between right and wrong - choice however, is heavily dependent on a given Human’s stock of Knowledge and apprehension of that knowledge.

Evil does not necessarily need to be intentional. Left undirected, our affective attitude, like Electricity, invariably follows the path of least resistance. That path will rarely coincide with the right thing to do. Without Cognitive involvement, any action will almost always be the strongest desire on an individual’s mind. Our affective attitude takes on the persona of an impostor.

Hence the absolute necessity of taking charge of one’s Thoughts.

Once we have taken charge of our Thoughts we relieve this impostor, who would control our lives, in a whimsical fashion, of all influence. Effectively rendering him redundant.

We are liberated to accomplish any goals that we have the innate ability and desire to attain, in our own – equitable - way. Whatever those goals may be.

To the developing mind this sense of helplessness in another is an indication a fellow Human is struggling to comprehend Life, and to be on standby to assist.

A developing mind comprehends that one can only help another effectively with the willing participation of that other.

Expressing Willing Participation is a fundamental requirement if Sound Relationship Harmony is to be maintained, and progress made.

To the undeveloped mind our sense of helplessness presents an opportunity to be victimized and swindled by lesser minds. These disparate States Of Being between Humans are, respectively, expressions of positive and negative mindsets.

Lacking the knowledge, and appropriate comprehension of that knowledge, to take charge of one’s Thoughts, permits Emotion to override the Cognitive Attitude Component of our mind.

Self awareness deficiency is evident in that individual who demonstrates a temperamental approach to his or her own attitude and behavior.

He or she exemplifies insufficient knowledge and lack of comprehension of the pivotal nature of attitude in general. And a distinct lack of understanding of their own values, principles and encumbering beliefs, in particular.

Compounding this insufficiency of self understanding is the subsequent inability to relate consequences to actions.

The temperamental attitude of a person displaying inadequate Conscious Self Awareness can be a disturbingly predictable cycle. Aka Habit. To take charge of one’s Thoughts, auto cycles, such as this, must be interrupted and eliminated by replacement with appropriate knowledge and understanding.

When we are in charge of our Thoughts, one exhibits proactive and can do attitude nuances, demonstrates Tolerance in all his or her dealings, and confidently goes about to not merely seek solutions, but resolve all manner of problems, in a progressive and equitable fashion.

Solving all manner of problems in an equatable, equanimous process is the ultimate measure of being in charge of our Affective Attitude Component.

We gain this elevated condition by utilizing our Cognitive Attitude Component expressed via a Positive Attitude that resides in a Positive State Of Mind.