Why? Oh Tell Me Why.

We do things.  Sometimes we know what and why, other times we just do things and then ask, "Why did I do that?"

Five sources/causes have been identified for my actions:
1) In our formative years and until we are fully matured, about age 25 years or whenever that may be, we are under the influence of parents and other people of authority over us and we, more or less, comply.
2) From an early age and to a greater extent until it is almost completely so,  our actions are influenced by our imagination and reasoning.
3) That there is a spiritual world is something I have come to accept and yet the structure and function of it is beyond my understanding.  I believe that we are influenced greatly by entities in that realm.  Although we have the final choice in doing, or not, what is suggested by them.
4) We are in organizations, companies where we work, social groups to which we adhere such as churches, and hobby groups.  These have a big influence on what we do.
5) Then there is Master, the strong yet mute entity at the core of our being; the one continuing the development of his place in the spiritual world during this lifetime as well as those before and after.  We feel his influence when we are acting in ways that are detrimental to his development and we continue to do that at our own risk.

The experience of a lifetime has led me to this conclusion.  It makes sense, at least to me.