Understanding ourselves
Friday, May 06, 2011
By looking at the title alone, one might speculates that the content would be something sound serious or noble. Actually i just wanna share my thought and point of view over here regarding this topic.
It is always good to understand and get to know ourselves. We can do that by observing and monitoring what are we doing daily. Whenever a thought is appeared in our mind, we could ask ourselves what is our intention to have such thought, what do we feel over the particular issue, what kind of attitude should be presented and etc.
In my opinion, these are the essential elements to be considered. Sometimes, they can be viewed as the "superficial" aspects which are tend to be neglected. It depends mainly on our emotion at that point in the presence of other distractions. Hence, a clear mind with good sense and feeling is required in order to observe and monitor our emotion and to prevent our emotion from interfering our mind.
Actually, we ourselves are the best friend of ourselves. We ourselves are the one who is be with us 24-7, not our partners, friends, family nor colleagues. Hence, who else can know ourselves better than we are. Some might said those psychologists or people who are observant enough are able to do so as well, but they are merely performing deductions according to our reaction.
Back to the point, why is it important to understand ourselves?
This is because we have to follow our own needs but not others. We have to be ourselves while living in the complex community. We need not have to follow the values and opinions of the majority. Since peers recognition is undoubtedly important, and if we would take it into consideration, we could do it in a moderate way. We have to listen to our heart and instinct, they are helping us to make many decisions in our life. We will be happy if we are doing something that we are enjoying as that is where our passion is. This is different from desire or intention which are more on purpose-driven.
When we are lost, our mind would be less alert to detect those trace changes within our heart. We would feel miserable and lost of direction. It is suggest to calm down and think rationally over and over again to look for the solution. However, it is hard to do so with too many distractions. Along the human civilisation history, human has "invented" or "created" a method which could serve for the same purpose, i.e. fortune telling. In my opinion, as long as it does not clash with your personal or religious believes, it is quite a useful tool to help us understanding ourselves. I am not emphasising on forecasting or predicting the future, it is helping us to understand our need, and to clarify and reorganise our mind to decide accordingly.
Previously, i am not very keen on those fortune telling thingy merely because i do not want to hear something bad about my future. I believe our future is determined by what we are doing now. Since the first time i came across the tarot card, it is quite amazing as it was revealing my thought and desire in front of me. I was required to choose a number of cards and revealed the card in order to read the message. In my opinion, the interpretation is very subjective as it depends on what do you wanna know and how to see it. I tried to read the card under guidance and got to know more about my feeling over an issue.
Recently, i came across I-Ching divination. I was asked to choose from eight numbers in which each of them is representing the eight trigrams. Combination of the chosen trigrams would representing the message behind the request. Surprisingly, i think it is quite straight to the point, i never thought of that even though i came across the point before. It really helps me to clarify my thought, to identify my needs so that i can act accordingly. I was impressed by this amazing yet mysterious knowledge.
Although no one can predict the future exactly as it would be, i think we have to work hard for it anyway.
Since we cannot predict anything, so just let it be.
Do our best and leave the rest to God.
When we are ready, we will be rewarded accordingly.
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