"What is necessary to change a person is to
change his awareness of himself." --
Abraham H. Maslow
"To be authentic is literally to be your own
author …, to discover your own native energies
and desires, and then to find your own way of
acting on them." -- Warren G. Bennis
"Few are those who see with their own eyes and
feel with their own hearts." -- Albert Einstein
"Self-knowledge is the great power by which we
comprehend and control our lives." -- Vernon
Howard
"You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it,
know more about other people than you know about
yourself." -- Beryl Markham |
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Who am I? To
answer this, we must first learn to become
more aware of ourselves. To be aware, we
must STOP and PAY ATTENTION! We need to STOP
and objectively watch and experience
ourselves in action.
We live most of our lives by habit. These
habits keep us stuck in patterns that limit
our experience of life. Once we detect a
pattern we were previously unconscious of,
we can choose differently, if we want. With
awareness comes choice and with choice, we
gain freedom.
Start building the awareness habit: STOP and
PAY ATTENTION. Set an intention to become
aware of how you automatically react to
different things in your life.
For example, how do you typically react to
the alarm clock, traffic, work colleagues
and situations, your partner or children?
How do you react to anger or fear in someone
else? How do you react to your own anger or
fear? Become a witness to your own life. Pay
attention to how you do things.
Become aware of how your thinking creates
your reality. Probe the messages underlying
your emotions. Learn to honour your body's
wisdom. Awareness reveals to us a whole new
fascinating world.
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