I'm reading a great book titled, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey (sorry,no italics on my phone). In the beginning he says a lot about self-awareness, and how it is the difference between us and animals.
In my experience, a lot of people simply "sail through" life. Carried by the winds of time to our final resting place. However easy this may be, it is essentially living as an animal. Without use of our self-awareness ability, we are living by our conditions, conditioning, and genetic makeup.
What we need to do is step back, and become aware of why we act a certain way; why our life is such; why we react to certain stimuli without thought. Through this process, we can become proactive in our thoughts, our actions, and most importantly: our life.
This is a great book! We did a class on this at Unity. Very helpful and useful work. Let us know how it goes!
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