Why Self-Awareness is Important — How to Turn Your Attention Inward
The inward journey is about understanding how to turn your attention inward. It’s one of the best ways to improve selective attention, memory, and awareness of self. It will teach you why self-awareness is important. Come and learn this valuable skill.
It’s a simple concept. Please take a few moments to read about it, then try this simple technique yourself. Your attention directs awareness, which helps the consciousness shift gears. If you learn to control attention, you can shift gears when you want to instead of being influenced by emotions or propaganda.
Ways to Improve Selective Attention
Why would we want to improve our attention? Because it directly affects our immediate memory. Selective attention is the capacity to focus the mind, even when other things happen. So, this is an important skill in learning, and it is a hidden benefit of meditation.
“The inward journey is the experience of higher states of consciousness. These states exist beyond waking, dreaming, and sleeping. It is a journey into the transcendent. Hence, an experience of awareness and existence outside of time. When you are ready, it may also include a journey into other realms and landscapes. This is the Shamanic Journey.” — Guru Tua
The mind wanders because conscious and subconscious minds are constantly processing data. We get data from our senses, memories, feelings, and imagination.
Some psychologists believe the subconscious mind is more powerful than the conscious mind. We see this in the power of hypnosis. Here, we see how subconscious suggestion overrides the conscious mind and makes the subject act without volition. In many cases, they are unaware of what they are doing and have no memory of the action. It is reported as a “blackout” and an absence of time.
So, a lot of processing is going on that may or may not be useful. Most people have had the experience of being overwhelmed by circumstances. It’s not just what is going on but our emotional response to what is going on. The emotional response complicates our response because it colors everything. In the final analysis, you can see why being able to select and control is important. (1)
In your thoughts, you need to be selective. Thoughts are powerful vehicles of attention. Only think positive thoughts about yourself and your endeavors, and think well of the endeavors of others. — Frederick Lenz
Why Self-Awareness is Important
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