The Withering of Reactivity

Mara, the personification of reactivity, is overcome not by eliminating every last reaction from one's mind but by finding a way to become impervious to his enticements. We experience freedom from reactivity without the reactivity ceasing to occur.

If we observe the incitements and do not feed them they will wither from hunger and neglect. This withering does not mean they will never reoccur. It does mean the occurrences will be less frequent and. perhaps, less enticing.

As long as we are are beings of flesh and blood and emotions, Mara, reactivity, will be part and parcel of what it means to be a human  being.