The more I learn about the human psyche, the more I realize how much of our behavior is programmed. For example, I was told that I needed to sleep with one eye open. I went to sleep with my eye closed and the next morning when I woke up, my eye was open. This is how I knew I needed to sleep with my eye open. The point is that most of our thoughts and actions are programmed.
This is why we often find ourselves in situations where we act without realizing it. We don’t pay attention to our triggers. We don’t have a conscious awareness of our subconscious mind. We don’t even realize that we’re acting without any conscious volition at all. If we let ourselves do something, we will probably get rewarded for it. So, we have to look at our actions, our thoughts, and our habits.
I personally think that the only way to change our own actions is to consciously change our thoughts. If we really want to change our actions, we need to learn how to think consciously.
The idea is to change your mind. If you’re not able to do so, then you need to learn what a conscious mind is. Think about it in terms of your own choices. You can’t change your mind by doing nothing. You can’t change your mind by doing something else. Because if you did something, you need to make up your mind for it. When you’re thinking this, you’re thinking about something else.
If you want to change your mind, you need to think about it consciously, in terms of your choices. Think about the consequences of each choice. Think about the possible outcomes of each choice. You need to make a conscious decision or else you wont change your mind.
And with that, we’ll be taking a break… to see what else is going on with us. We’ll be back with more of the team later this week.
Yes, it did. I think its time we get back to the discussion of our last blog entry. I’m going to call it “The Three Levels of Self-Awareness.” If you’re aware of the habits, routines, impulses, and reactions that you have, then you can control them. You can make them “good” or “bad” and you can choose to change them.
The other thing is that the majority of us don’t have that kind of self awareness. We don’t look back and see ourselves as we really are, instead we look back and see things a certain way. We might be going through a divorce or we might be suffering from a mental disability. We might have a big fight with a loved one and we might be so upset about it that we’ll drink a bottle of vodka before going out to dinner.
There are many people who are in abusive relationships and they suffer from a lot of mental illnesses. Some of these people are very angry and they can easily hurt and kill their own spouse. Others may be having suicidal thoughts and they may be seeking out counseling to deal with these thoughts. Some may be having problems managing their finances and they may be having financial problems. These problems can cause someone to be in a lot of pain and suffering and they may be seeking to treat this pain and suffering.
In this case, it may be easy to look at these different types of people and think, “That’s so sad. I wish I could cure all the mental illnesses, but I can’t.” Instead of being so worried about mental illnesses, it might be more appropriate to look at the different ways they can be treated and whether they are in need of assistance.