#self-observation

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"A man is like a house full of servants who quarrel and use the single telephone and all speak in the name of the master. A man is a house in disorder. A man is legion. Yet above him, at a higher level of himself, there is real 'I', that sometimes he feels the existence of, especially in conditions of great danger or great fatigue. This one permanent and real 'I' is the highest Being of the man and every man has this in him. So all development of Being, in the Work-sense, is defined by the approach to this real 'I' which unites all that is in him and is concealed in everyone, in the depths of himself, and behind all the tedious things he does and says with his other side, which only begins to become realised through self-observation."

~ Maurice Nicoll, 'Psychological Commentaries...'

(Ian Sanders)

[alunah-lalunah]

Find one thing today that usually frustrates you.

Instead of reacting, observe it without resistance.

Notice how, in that acceptance, there is a strange energy of freedom—the power to act without inner conflict.

[cobotis]

Just as there is a mirror for looking at the body, there is a mirror for looking at the self... I am talking about this mirror. Self-observation is this mirror... ~ Osho

[life-in-the-freefall]

Is it true that meditation alone is not enough and we need to develop love and devotion to divinity?

Meditation is necessary.

But we have to understand what meditation means. Meditation is a state of mind where you observe yourself (muraqaba in sufism, gom in tibetan Buddhism), not a physical practice where you sit in a certain posture - that is meditation exercise but not meditation itself. There are many different types of meditation exercises, but meditation is the destination, the outcome of correct practice. You will never enter the divine proximity if you’re not willing to learn about yourself, and true meditation is self-observation. Love and devotion per-se, are not paths to the divine and let me explain why in order to avoid misunderstandings: The way we think about love and devotion is not the same divine love as Mevlana Rumi ق refers to (ishq) or what some Hindu traditions call bhakti. The true love, is love for the divine, ie love for Allah. But we don’t know Allah, so how can we love what we don’t know? We can’t, we attach ourselves to things other than Allah and call that ”love”. In reality, what we are doing is idol worship, shirk (or attachment as Buddha would put it).

Love for the divine, which is true love because the divine is the truth, is a result of meditation. So real love, real devotion and meditation are not separate but one and the same.

In summary

No matter the path, meditation is necessary

[engelhexe]

Questions about self-observation

Questions about self-observation

You can ask these questions about once every ten days, the learning process, the

just in your life is up to speed and concretize.

1. Who am I? Physical, emotional, mental. (Describe how you are on each of the three

Feel levels.)

2. What is my relationship with the different parts of myself? To my body

(How do I feel my body? Do I have weight problems?), To my mind (Can

I concentrate? Can I stay with one thing? Can I open my mind

to direct something and on the other hand become completely empty?), to my emotions (with what

do I identify myself? What am I hanging on to? What are you worried about?)

3. Who am I for myself? Do I have the feeling that I am a stranger to myself? How are

my different personalities? (Give them names.)

4. Who am I for others? To whom do I have a relationship? What do my relationships look like?

out? How long do you keep? Can I be intimate? (Pay attention to karmic influences and

Changes, if any.)

5. How do the others see me? (See yourself through the eyes of others.)

6. Who am I in relation to God, to my Higher Self? How do I understand that

Laws of cause and effect? How do I understand my dreams?

7. How do I perceive the reality? (Pay attention to changes and subtleties.)

8. How intuitive am I? In dealing with people, events, with myself?

9. What habits do I have? (Look for patterns and changes.) Where and how

Can I detach myself from them and behave more spontaneously? In which areas?

(Pay attention to obsessive actions - sex, food, thoughts ...)

10. What relationship do I have to my work and external events? describe

how you feel and how you work

11. In which areas of my life I have no control or difficulty with

to manage something or somebody? With who?

12. What do I oppress / suppress in myself, in my environment, in my fellow human beings?

13. What am I afraid of? (Be honest, what do you have to lose?)

14. What do not I like about others? (Find at least three traits in three people.

See if you can find them in yourself or in someone else.)

15. How can I improve? (Be specific.) Find an action or action that these

Brought about improvement.)

16. What steps have I already taken to improve? (Pay attention to yours

Progress and give yourself the feeling of satisfaction-)

17. What are my ambitions, my wishes, my plans for the immediate future? For

the distant future? How well do I understand how to implement my wishes?

18. How sensitive am I to others and how do I feel about it?

Formulate a clear plan with a clear idea of ​​yourself, happy,

healthy, creative, productive ... and capture that image. Go into the picture (or leave that

Picture over you and embrace you). Include it in your cell structure. Create that

Feeling that you already have it. Allow the feeling to unfold completely. Leave it again

go. Let the feeling of being accepted - as if you've had it for a long time -

and let yourself be enveloped by him. Bring yourself back to the present. Talk to

Nobody about it and do not question it. Thank you for the divine presence in you.

[johnsparker]

Witnessing Awareness       In a nutshell, in our visual experience, there’s no orange apart from the color, no color apart from seeing, and no seeing apart from witnessing awareness.    The only thing that’s verified and constant throughout is witnessing awareness. And witnessing awareness isn’t an object.    These three insights are some of the most radical and transformational insights in the entirety of the direct path.

After Awareness, Greg Goode

[thatwhichdoesnotsuffer]

This lecture covers how Consciousness, Personality, and Ego function in the teachings of Gnostic Psychology. When we understand, through experience, the true unconditioned nature of consciousness, we can begin to distinguish it from the conditioning of ego that causes suffering.

[spiritualgateway]

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

G. I. Gurdjieff