The First Point Of Self-Observation

“Self awareness is a state of being where you deeply understand your thoughts, emotions and behaviours and how they affect people and the world around them. When people are self aware they move beyond simply existing or reacting to their environment to deliberately living a fulfilling and meaningful life. People get to know the real of them and do things that reflect who they are deep inside” (Source: internet).

A factor that causes important changes in a person’s life is when one experiences the self-realization

  1.  Discovering the Self – How do we perceive ourselves and our interactions with others?

One method one can know things about themselves is through the senses. One can see and feel that one has two arms, two eyes, a nose, a mouth, etc. One can also hear oneself when talking and smell oneself after a workout. If someone really wanted to, one could even taste themselves. One can also feel pain when one breaks a bone or when one is heartbroken. Similarly one can know love and hate, happiness and sadness, and hope and disbelief. Another method one can know things about themselves is through skill knowledge. For example, one can say that one knows how to play an instrument. One can and should know things about oneself in order to have individualism and prove to oneself that one is

Since the moment one is born, until one’s life comes to a halting end, he or she is always in a quest to find his or her self. Clearly, the concept of self is rather complex. Humans are different entities, with varied views on the world, which is what makes the universe such an interesting place. Of course, people are born with certain characteristics that become the bases for who he or she is. Yet, the components that fall under the self, such as, self concept, self knowledge, self esteem continue to change. Interestingly enough, the self falls under a specific spectrum. When he or she is young, he or she can merely recognize him or herself. Therefore the self is lost. However when he or she begins school the self he or she fall under one of the two

Throughout your short time while on this Earth you will go through many different changes in your life, style, and with the society around you. These changes are not always a negative thing as well as them not always being a positive thing. However, these changes are always all brought on by the changing surroundings around you and the actions that you take in order to either maintain these surroundings or advance with the change and change your life because of these changes that are being brought upon you. The biggest problem that I have been facing for my entire life is always questioning myself as well as the others around me. While this problem may not seem like a problem at all because we cannot advance in society without questions

Hasker, W. (1983). Metaphysics: Constructing a World View. (1st ed.). Downers Grove: IL: InterVarsity Press.

It makes us through the realization that if we aren’t able to recognize the self; we are living in

After an individual goes through all the changes of growing up they start to reach middle adulthood. In middle adulthood humans continue to make changes. However, these changes are different from any of the changes that an individual has been through before. Through observation, a lot can be earned about an individual on many different levels. The observer is able to analyze the individual on a biological, cognitive, and psychosocial point of views.

The sense of awareness is one that many take for granted, assuming only that what separates one from other individuals. From the age of approximately six to eight months, a child is able to identify him or herself in the mirror and distinguish from other individuals. This phenomenon, known as the mirror stage, signifies the separation of one from the rest of the world, allowing for further maturation and development to occur (Lacan). Yet, there is a possibility that this idea is incorrect, that there is a lack of existing in the singular. If that is so, then there is no existence of the individualism at all, creating, what can be known as, the no self. Such an idea is widely debated as a facet of Buddhism, bringing in a myriad of criticisms and creating reason to doubt both aspects of the arguments presented. Despite this, there is far more reason to comply with the concept of self, rather than subscribe to that which disputes it.

In very earlier research, the theory developed by Wicklund (1975, 1978, 1979) defines self-awareness mostly as one’s ability to self-observe. That person will base on certain standard or new information to judge his own behavior (as cited in

The Self-Awareness process requires that you have motivation and courage to observe and gather information about your thoughts, feelings, attitude, reactions and behaviors and see the connection between them.

The double-slit experiment demonstrates that the observation of a system will alter the final product to be particles or waves – if no observation takes place a wave pattern is revealed; if observation takes place these same objects exhibit the behavior of point particles. When fully matured observation of the movement of life increases our level of awareness and perception which allows for the natural transcending of the senses and the intellectual mind to bring us to the direct experience of the Self which is always in the transcendent. In the transcendent we realize that the observer has become the observed, the two are united in One, the Self. According to Krishnamurti, to transcend is by “choiceless awareness” (Beyond Myth and Tradition Series 1997) which allows the mind to be free of all its total content so that we “empty the known and from that emptiness…is something most holy, which is the whole movement of meditation, then life then has a totally different meaning” (What is Meditation (Truth and Actuality) 1968). What Krishnamurti appears to be suggesting is that to live in a permanent state of transcendence there is no need to study books on self-improvement or to self-program one’s self or be confined within the practice of regular meditation for the transcendent power of innocent observation is enough to unite us with the Self. Observation, according to Krishnamurti

When introducing the concept of self-consciousness, it can be very difficult for individuals to understand that there are many forms of self-consciousness. Many already have a definition in mind as soon as they hear the word self-consciousness. It is made up of many concepts because it isn’t just a cognitive state, rather, many cognitive states. The mind processes many things as opposed to just knowing things. Humans are capable of doing and desiring many things while self-evaluating and questioning oneself. Everyone is able to consider their own actions and to think about themselves. When thinking, humans are able to consider ideas and depictions regarding the self and others. Regarding oneself allows for evaluating self-worth in refinement to common social roles (Bermudez).

“Metaphysics encompass the study of what is sometimes termed “ultimate reality”. As such, metaphysics raises questions about reality that go beyond sense experience, beyond ordinary science. Metaphysical questions involve free will, the mind-body relationship, supernatural existence, personal immorality, and the nature of being. Some philosophers question the very possibility of a reality