Exploring the Self

Exploring the Self

A craving for a deeper knowledge of the self can lead you to engage in exploratory activities. Even if you seldom pursue introspective activities, you may feel driven to learn more about who you are and who you wish to become. This can be a wonderful time to delve beneath the surface aspects of your personality and character in order to discover what is motivating your inner- and outer-world choices. You may find that you have trouble moving beyond the first few layers of your conscious mind. By proceeding slowly, you can assuage any fears you might have about what you will discover when your knowledge of self becomes increasingly complete.

When we understand the importance of both our surface-level selves and the aspects of the self that lie buried deeply beneath that surface, we are equipped to embark upon a journey of self-discovery that encompasses the whole being rather than just a single element of it. Upon coming face-to-face with a blockage-emotional or otherwise-we can either continue to probe in the knowledge that there are layers beneath we have yet to access, or we can move on to some new part of ourselves with the intention of delving deeper in order to approach the issue from an alternate angle. What we discover will fascinate as well as enlighten us, as we come to see how complex and intriguing we truly are. As you dig below the surface, you will find much to occupy your curious mind.

Beliefs and Values

Beliefs and Values

Our intense dedication to the beliefs and values important to us can often undermine our efforts to expand ourselves through education.

As intrigued as we are by the philosophical ideals embraced by other cultures, we sometimes cannot help but compare them unfavorably to our own. We can avoid this pitfall by committing ourselves to a path of non-judgmental observation in which we endeavor only to take in information.

Though we may choose not to integrate our discoveries into our individual ideologies, we can nonetheless appreciate how profoundly important certain concepts and ideas are to the people who have taken them to heart and adopted them as elements of their value systems. We learn so much about the world around us when we put aside our personal feelings and observe without passing a verdict on that which we survey.