Self-Awareness
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What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
The importance of self-awareness for a better society [add page, what does it mean “better society”? Society vs. individuals; thriving society does not necessarily mean happier individuals, but I want to find ways to have both thriving society and happier individuals]:
When we see other people’s actions that we dislike as only the result of their personalities [mean and stupid], we are limiting our potential to explain these actions [excuse vs explain]. Self-awareness would not mean necessarily accepting actions that we dislike in other. It means wondering if we may also behave in similar ways sometimes. Chances are we do. Example of [privilege].
from The Body Keeps the Score:
” Semrad taught us that most human suffering is related to love and loss and that the job of therapists is to help people “acknowledge, experience, and bear” the reality of life—with all its pleasures and heartbreak. “The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves,” he’d say, urging us to be honest with ourselves about every facet of our experience. He often said that people can never get better without knowing what they know and feeling what they feel.”
Understanding our feelings and emotions.
can too much self-awareness be destructive? For example, if we become aware that whatever important things or goals we have in life are only so because of meanings that are not natural or absolute, perhaps it will be difficult to live our life “normally”. Perhaps questioning goals that give our life meaning is not a good thing?
there may be a natural limit to self-awareness (for most people) that protects them from plunging into chaos of the above-mentioned realizations
No self-awareness or little self-awareness because nobody has no self-awareness. It is a little bit like being asleep, drowsy. So, if being aware is like being awake, why do we often see pictures of self-aware people with closed eyes meditating? They look like they are asleep.
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When we see other people’s actions that we dislike as only the result of their personalities [mean and stupid], we are limiting our potential to explain these actions [excuse vs explain]. Self-awareness would not mean necessarily accepting actions that we dislike in other. It means wondering if we may also behave in similar ways sometimes. Chances are we do. Example of [privilege].
from The Body Keeps the Score:
” Semrad taught us that most human suffering is related to love and loss and that the job of therapists is to help people “acknowledge, experience, and bear” the reality of life—with all its pleasures and heartbreak. “The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves,” he’d say, urging us to be honest with ourselves about every facet of our experience. He often said that people can never get better without knowing what they know and feeling what they feel.”
Understanding our feelings and emotions.
can too much self-awareness be destructive? For example, if we become aware that whatever important things or goals we have in life are only so because of meanings that are not natural or absolute, perhaps it will be difficult to live our life “normally”. Perhaps questioning goals that give our life meaning is not a good thing?
there may be a natural limit to self-awareness (for most people) that protects them from plunging into chaos of the above-mentioned realizations
No self-awareness or little self-awareness because nobody has no self-awareness. It is a little bit like being asleep, drowsy. So, if being aware is like being awake, why do we often see pictures of self-aware people with closed eyes meditating? They look like they are asleep.
About this project: Start page
