Developing general awareness before you develop self-awareness

Basically we want to see who we are, where we are at now because if we don’t know where we are on the map then how can we get home?

We won’t be able to.

We need to develop a transcendental ability to observe ourselves, our own machine and this is difficult when our physical machine’s 5 senses are bombarded dauily with distractions involving animal reactions of SEX!!! STATUS OPPORTUNITY!!! MORE MONEY MORE MONEY !!!

Before we can observe ourselves it helps to train awareness to focus e.g. on

Objects

Stare at object for quite a while until it becomes more than just a word to you. What work went into this artefact? Who made it? How? If it isn’t an artefact then likewise, what elements compose it? What other uses does it have? Total penetrative awareness.

Music awareness

all of the instruments involved, the beat, the different sections, the lead melody, the accompanying background patterns, everything, so on

Painting awareness

brush strokes, every part of it, shades, colours, proportion, perspective, light

Other people’s voices

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I believe this to be excellent advice. I especially connect with the stated end goal:

Are you an old Indian Guru? :+1:

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Haha no.

I’m getting it from

Excellent book but I do try to work through it

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