Self-awareness, self-observation and understanding
by Atman Nityananda
Observing our psychological world without understanding what happens and how and why it happens is not enough to get rid of egoic tendencies. It requires inquiry, discernment and correct and deep understanding to succeed in dissolving egoic tendencies.
Self-awareness and self-observation, along with inquiry and discernment, lead us to realize and understand how the mind works, how egoic patterns, habits and tendencies are triggered and manifest, how they repeat themselves mechanically and periodically, how they cause us to identify with them, how they seduce us and we take them as real, etc.
The understanding that comes from direct experience (awareness and observation), inquiry and discernment is a necessary part of freeing our psyche from all egoic tendencies, programming and habits.
The essential abilities for Self-realization
Self-awareness, self-observation, detachment, discernment, dispassion, devotion, faith, self-confidence, willpower, acceptance, patience and perseverance and, of course, purity of mind and heart are among the most important or essential qualities and skills that we must develop to free ourselves from the ego and achieve Self-realization.
The understanding that comes from direct experience (awareness and observation), inquiry and discernment is a necessary part of freeing our psyche from all egoic tendencies, programming and habits.
🌺 Peace, Love, Harmony
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