Having spent some time in meditation practice, I have come to the conclusion that this is true (maybe not literally, but at least in effect).

We all spend most (all?) of our time being driven by impulses and habits without realizing that we're doing so and without any choice in that matter.

Moments of mindfulness are the exception, typically caused by some "unusual" event - like somebody you know dying.

It's quite a sad state of affairs (IMHO anyway). More like living the live of an extremely sophisticated robot, rather than a conscious, living being.

Everybody should spend a few minutes every day reflecting on exactly how decisions throughout the day were made.