Every time we catch ourselves in a reactive mode, we usually perceive our reactive emotions. But in order to transform our reactivity, we have to see the thought causing it.

In the same way that a tree has four basic levels of manifestation—seed, trunk, branches, and fruit—we go through four levels in our own reality. Seed corresponds to consciousness (that under-the-radar voice); trunk corresponds to feelings and emotions; branches correspond to actions; fruit represents our reality.

Even though we try to shut down our reactive feelings, if we do not change our consciousness by stopping those thoughts, at the seed, then we are not really changing our reactive nature.