We suggest to understand the mysterious word "awareness". What it is? What is the use of this property of our psyche? Why is the development of awareness so important for a person? How can it be developed? What does that require? What kinds of awareness are there? Do they all work out? Are there any differences in their development? Since we are important conscious readers, we hasten to answer all these questions.
What is mindfulness?
Awareness is a focus on current events taking place in life. It is opposed to past experiences or reflections on the future. Awareness is associated with the ability to concentrate, being an element of mindfulness. This concept is relative, because animals can also be partly aware of what is happening.
The highest degree of awareness can be considered awareness - the ability to meaningful behavior, peculiar only to man. In any case, science holds this opinion.
What kinds of awareness are there?
Because a person is multifaceted, awareness also does not seem to be one. There are at least five types of awareness:
- Mental;
- Emotional;
- Physical;
- Intellectual;
- Behavioral.
Each of them helps to comprehend the surrounding world and oneself, to interact adequately with other people, to evaluate the events taking place, to make decisions.
Mental awareness
Associated with such fundamental concepts as the meaning of life and purpose. Helps to choose your life path. It is likely that mental awareness is formed not only by the human psyche, but rather arises as a result of the brain interpreting the signals of the Information Field of the Earth. If it exists. Although for many the Information field is a fact that does not require scientific evidence. In any case, the purpose goes beyond the usual perception, and its awareness is above scientific doctrines or postulates.
Emotional Awareness
It determines the perception of other people and the surrounding world, creates an emotional background of life. This kind of awareness helps to better understand yourself, your emotions, develop your own system of values or landmarks. Emotions rather eloquently signal to a person about those things that may not be perceived by his brain. Sometimes we feel that the interlocutor is not pleasant to us, but we do not observe objective reasons for this. Time passes and they appear, confirming the initial impression.
Physical awareness
It is also called body. Based on the understanding and perception of his body, its capabilities and needs at a particular moment. Physical awareness is associated with the ability to "hear" your body, control it. It helps to better understand oneself, to communicate with other people. It gives an opportunity to evaluate one’s own posture, gestures, facial expressions, which sometimes “treacherously” betray our fear or uncertainty.
Intellectual Awareness
Constant monitoring or tracking of the results of their mental efforts. Depends on the cognitive activity of the individual, his intellectual potential, the tendency to learn or self-development. Adequate assessment of the level of their knowledge or experience, the suitability of their tasks assigned tasks. Such awareness is important not only to employees of the mental sphere, but also at the household level. For example, a banal call to plumbing, when it becomes clear that you can’t clean the pipes yourself due to the lack of relevant skills.
Behavioral Awareness
Positioning yourself in society. Forms rules, norms of behavior, develops subordination or hierarchy. With a barefoot "You" and a whisper. With subordinates on "you" and how it goes. We don’t even say hello to a neighbor of an alcoholic, but we start to greet a measure with our son as soon as the headlights of his car flash on the horizon. Behavioral awareness helps to properly play a social role, fitting into its environment.
What is the development of awareness?
Despite the fact that awareness is of different types, the principles of its development are not fundamentally different. One should learn to hear oneself and one’s “inner voice”, to objectively interpret the information heard. Awareness appears in response to mindfulness. The development of awareness is a directional process that requires human effort. There are ten factors contributing to the process of awareness.
Truthfulness
The fact is that a lie leads away from the true path. If you do not lie to others, as well as to yourself, then it is much easier to realize the events taking place.
Courage.
It is necessary in order to speak the truth and to hear it. This quality allows you to remain objective in any situation, which is what awareness requires.
Empathy.
The ability to empathize with other people gives you the opportunity to understand what is happening in their life, accordingly to predict their actions, to build a strategy for their behavior.
Optimism.
A person who is confident that he will not be able to develop his own awareness is unlikely to succeed. A positive attitude increases the likelihood of success in any business.
Attentiveness
One of the basic principles of mindfulness. Mindfulness allows you to concentrate on the process of self-knowledge, without losing sight of important details.
Knowledge.
Sometimes, in order to realize something, you need to know about it. It is not only about the awareness of the surrounding processes, but also the inner world. For example, a person will never guess that he has a muscle hypertonus until he finds out that this can be.
Proactive.
The ability to take responsibility for themselves, to determine their course of development. This quality depends on the development of awareness, because without it independence is unthinkable.
Energy.
The more energetic a person is, the more he has the strength and desire to know himself and the world around him. A healthy lifestyle and proper nutrition will give the necessary charge of vivacity and enthusiasm.
A wish.
Proactivity multiplied by energetics will be directed to a constructive course only if you want to do it, otherwise you can stop halfway through and never reach your goals.
The presence of all these components allows not only to start the development of awareness, but also to bring what has begun to a logical result.
Higher human nervous activity is full of surprises. Sometimes pleasant, sometimes - not very. In order to increase the number of the former, and to avoid the latter to the maximum, one should develop awareness in oneself. Clearly understand your body, quickly responding to emerging situations. The development of awareness is a long process, but fruitful. Awareness helps to become the master of your life, which, in fact, is one of the highest achievements for a person.
