Holotropic breathing is a technique of self-discovery. What methods of self-knowledge exist and how to apply them

One of the most powerful and effective methods of psychotherapy, self-knowledge and growth as a person is holotropic breathing, the technique of which was invented a long time ago.

This technique was developed by Stanislav and Christina Grof, transpersonal psychologists from America.

This method is based on unusual states of consciousness that have been known to people since ancient times. This technique combines old world knowledge with the latest discoveries of modern psychotherapy and psychology. Accordingly, it is a technique of self-knowledge.

The emotions that a person experiences while practicing this type of breathing can heal and also transform negative into positive. Such holotropic breathing sessions bring out unpleasant experiences of a physical and emotional nature, which help to know oneself. If such sensations fully manifest themselves, this will certainly allow a person to free himself from the negative influence of experiences and gain some freedom.

Holotropic therapy has shown that not only people with supernatural abilities can experience and control such sensations - this is available to each of us. Transpersonal psychology has revealed to the world that in order to overcome the path to harmony, self-knowledge, freedom and, accordingly, a better life, every person needs to go through these experiences.

In addition, holotropic practice has proven that the theory presented by various psychological and psychotherapeutic schools, as well as common sense, will not help to heal on their own. Typically, such a healing process resembles madness and is not always amenable to understanding or explanation.

That is why holotropic treatment is aimed at accepting and facilitating any processes that arise when recognizing a problem, and not at identifying the problem in advance and looking for ways and means of solving it. Participants in such trainings do not define the subjects of work and problems, but trust the holotropic consciousness and the very flow of the processes.

The basis of any effective and successful psychotherapy is self-knowledge and understanding of the subconscious in a holotropic state of consciousness. We communicate not only with the people around us and the world, we conduct a dialogue with ourselves, with our consciousness, and this communication is continuous.

Communication is consciousness, which is created by communication and connected with its help. Accordingly, there is communication and immediate awareness between different parts of consciousness, there are no barriers between them, which means that the possibility of communication is not limited.

Goals of technology

Holotropic breathing pursues the goal of activating the unconscious, liberating the energy that is contained in psychosomatic and emotional manifestations and transforming these manifestations into experiences. The challenge for the therapist in this type of therapy is to believe in the healing power of the process without changing or redirecting it. Only the patient's mind guides this process.

The most important thing is to support the process of experiential disclosure by the therapist. Certain experiences may be meaningless and involve an increase in tension and emotions, as well as transitions to relaxation.

Insight does not always come immediately; it may come during subsequent sessions or later. Sometimes the solution comes at the level of biography, sometimes it is connected with perinatal material or transpersonal components. Because of this, healing experiences are not always understood.

In the process of holotropic breathing, our mind strives to join life, follow its flow, feel the state of well-being and freedom that brings

satisfaction. This opportunity is a gift from nature to man. If we submit to our consciousness, follow it, we reach the limit of freedom, energy and naturalness. If we don't give way to this flow, we have difficulties.

Because of prejudices and stereotypes, we cannot fully reveal ourselves and go beyond the established framework. A striking example of such inhibition, the impossibility of flowing and establishing certain boundaries is the midlife crisis.

To achieve freedom, sometimes you have to go through some serious difficult situation, illness, and sometimes even death. After all, death is also liberation, going beyond (). What leads to loss of health and disappointment in life is precisely the fact that we do not feel the signals of the mind and subconscious and do not try to become a part of life.

But inner nature itself always tries to show us ways to solve our problems. And we can follow our inner natural voice and live the real mystery of self-recognition in holotropic sessions.

I invite everyone to an amazing journey to the center of their existence at my seminars, where it is possible to live a real mystery and get closer to your integrity. On and “” you will be able to live your transpersonal experience through conscious breathing techniques.

With love Maria Shakti

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What is self-knowledge

There are different areas or levels of self-knowledge available to a person, and Wikipedia describes three of them, which correspond to the three levels of human organization:

1. Biological - knowledge of oneself as an organism.
2. Social - the ability to acquire knowledge, skills and rules of behavior.
3. Personal - the ability to make choices, coordinate behavior, create your own life.

However, this description misses the most important type of self-knowledge - knowledge of one's true spiritual (immaterial) nature. And this was missed only because traditional psychology never went beyond the material spheres of knowledge. On this path of self-knowledge, we take a step into the unknown, going beyond the usual material, and make an incredible discovery - who we really are. This is the path of liberation from illusions and delusions, the path to freedom and oneself - eternal and present.

What is this Path to Enlightenment?

This is a set of the most effective enlightenment techniques, selected over the past 10 years of research and work on yourself and with clients. All techniques of this path of self-knowledge are given in a certain sequence (divided into levels) and adapted for independent use. Some of them are my authorship, others are taken from other sources and improved, other techniques are given in their pure form with an indication of their origin.

For those who want to achieve enlightenment quickly, I have both good news and bad. The good news is that:
1. on this path of self-discovery you save several tens or hundreds of thousands of euros (that’s how much people pay to achieve a similar state in some “organizations”)
2. The techniques of this path are incredibly effective! That is, fast and effective.
3. you do not need an assistant, all self-knowledge techniques are for independent work. But if necessary, I will help in any way I can - see Free psychological consultations.

Now the bad news:
1. this path of enlightenment is not for everyone (more details in the "Warning" section)
2. sometimes it will be difficult, unpleasant and not fun (this is the price to pay for the speed and efficiency of the technique)
3. no one will feel sorry for you or sympathize with you (if you need pity and sympathy, this is the wrong place :))

Therefore, to briefly summarize, we can say that this path of self-knowledge is for sensible, practical people who are ready to do something for their present and future. The rest will find something simpler and, most likely, useless.

Description of the path of self-knowledge and enlightenment techniques

This is a fast, effective and, most importantly, reliable path to enlightenment and happiness - the path through the ego and through dualities (more details in the chapter “Emptying the Mind”). The final destination of this path of self-discovery is Complete Spiritual Freedom (see Supreme Reality). Freedom from everything that made a person unfree.

Restoring the original state of pure consciousness - enlightenment - is possible with the help of various exercises and techniques of self-knowledge, and on the site I have posted the most effective techniques for getting out of dualities (duality) and mechanisms of the mind, which leads to the acquisition (or rather, awareness) of the original nature of the spiritual creatures. This is the path in which the natural abilities of the spiritual being are restored, and as a result, understanding, harmony, calm, joy, happiness and serenity arise.

What will you find in the levels? At the first two levels, techniques are given for working with actual dualities (duality, dichotomies), which provides liberation from the trap of these dualities and the mechanisms of the mind (ego) associated with them. At the second level, in addition to the most powerful technique for working through dualities, there are also additional universal techniques of enlightenment, not only for working with dualities. The third level on the path to enlightenment is the accelerated processing of dualities and mechanisms of the mind using the subconscious, as well as a series of techniques whose goal is to restore the ability to create, change and destroy any illusions (space, energy, matter and time) consciously and at will, and , accordingly, lead to greater spiritual freedom. Techniques of the Fourth and Fifth levels are aimed at eliminating the basic mechanisms of the mind, total disidentification and gaining the original complete freedom - pure consciousness, which also implies happiness in its purest non-material form. The fifth level, in fact, is entirely devoted to the issue of self-knowledge, and this is the most interesting area for research.

The self-knowledge techniques of each subsequent level are much more powerful than the previous ones, and each level is a preparation for the next.

The proposed path allows you to independently and relatively quickly get rid of negativity of any kind and its unpleasant consequences. Get started now using the techniques provided on the site!

Techniques for processing dualities and moving beyond them are very simple and effective; You can verify this by working on the first level. The state achieved using the techniques of this path (unlike some other practices) is the most stable, because the very foundation of the mind - duality - is removed. In other words, there is an irreversible erasure of the ego, its dissolution in pure consciousness - forever. Getting out of dualities (duality), emptying the mind, achieving pure divine consciousness, harmony, joy, happiness and serenity - all this is possible, and this does not require decades (as before), or even years. The entire path to enlightenment can be completed quickly - in six months to a year, subject to intensive practice of self-knowledge.

Here you will find the greatest and most exciting adventure - a journey deep into yourself, to your true self, to the happiness of Complete Freedom. Welcome! And may your Path of self-discovery be fast!

Jung had two famous notebooks, the first he called the “Black Book” and it was something like a Moleskine diary, and the second notebook was the “Red Book”. It contains the largest portion of Jung's famous Mandala drawings.

This “Red Book” looked like a real medieval tome - it had a binding made of real morocco, and when Jung wrote in it, he stylized his letters and design as “Gothic”. It is clear that he loved his Red Book more than others.

Probably every person should have such notebooks. Working in his diaries - every day, Jung created many discoveries, because the creative atmosphere for a person who writes is generated by his notebook. This is the minimum that a creative person should have, even if there is no office, desk, home, homeland...

No wonder Tsvetaeva wrote in her diaries: “If they ask me – Russia or my notebooks, I know what I will choose. There is no poet without his notebooks.”

So, daily work in the Red Book prompted Jung to invent a wonderful psychotherapeutic technique. Like all drawing techniques, it is double-edged:

firstly, it serves diagnostic purposes (allows you to understand yourself and see from the outside a holistic picture of your problem, “plug”),

and secondly, it has a therapeutic effect - it treats the state of depression in the course of daily drawing.

Who knows, it’s possible that the therapeutic effect occurs immediately when you “understand yourself.” Well, a mandala helps to “understand yourself.”

This is what Jung writes in his famous book “Memoirs. Dreams. Reflections"

“In general, I realized then that nothing changes our lives like language. A defective language makes life incomplete and defective.”

What Jung meant was that he moves from words to pictures, to pictograms. And so his favorite pictogram (almost daily) of work becomes a sketch, a drawing of a mandala. Jung knew how to draw, like all the people of his generation, so I advise you and me not to be shy about sometimes resorting to the collage technique, if you can’t draw something that you like and “says something” - every day.

And this is what he came up with:

“Every morning I drew a small circle in my notebook - a mandala, which at that moment expressed my inner state. These drawings gave me the opportunity to see what was happening to my psyche day by day.”

And finally, Jung comes to another discovery, he understands that the Mandala is an ideal blueprint of our inner world.

“Mandala is an internal integrity that strives for harmony and does not tolerate self-deception.”

She really does not tolerate self-deception, so if on some day you draw torn, ugly, disturbing drawings with broken symmetry and harmony, then such drawings should be drawn. They not only show in symbolic language what is wrong with you, but also have a therapeutic effect, as we have already said.

Ultimately, Jung realized that his brainchild, his main archetype, the Self, could best be expressed through the mandala.

Where are we going?

Previously, like all of us, Jung believed that the development of a person, the course of his personality, his biography, etc., can be conventionally represented as a graph in the form of an arrow, a vector, a line tending somewhere “there”, beyond the horizon, to a place called "Forward".

And here, while drawing his mandalas, Jung realized - no!..

Human development is not going in the direction of the Conditional “Forward” point!

“When I started drawing mandalas, I noticed that everything, all the paths I walked, all the steps I took, did not lead forward, but BACK, to some initial Center.”

Jung could draw mandalas with a golden palace in the center. He had ink and the skill to make sketches. You have a lot of options on how to make your mandalas “talk.”

But here’s another self-analysis technique from Jung’s arsenal of psychotherapeutic techniques.

Drawing mandalas, Jung went to the sea (his wife had died) and on cloudy, bad weather days wandered along the shore, often deserted. And it was there that he remembered that as a boy he loved to build entire cities from stones, sand, and mud.

Moreover, these cities had a medieval - radial shape, that is, they represented the same mandala - a circle.

Working with stones and mud, which was used to hold the stones together instead of cement, Jung built more than one three-dimensional mandala, from those that were not included in his “Red Book”.

He tells how this practice of his with mandalas-cities made of stones ended. Having erected a temple in the center of his city, Jung was looking for a stone for the “altar”.

When the stone was found, the obedience that Jung had imposed on himself was over.

While working, this great psychiatrist sometimes allowed himself to ask himself the question: “Where is this work taking me?”, but did not require an immediate, comprehensive answer.

Ask yourself this question too.

Elena Nazarenko

Let us now turn to the process of self-knowledge itself as a consistent change of actions that allows us to achieve the goals of self-knowledge. Let's try to answer the question: what means can be used in the process of organizing self-knowledge?

The most common methods of self-knowledge include the following: introspection, introspection, comparing oneself with some “standard”, modeling one’s own personality, awareness of opposites in each quality, behavioral characteristic.

Introspection. This is a way of self-knowledge by observing oneself, one’s behavior, actions, and events in the inner world. Humanity has long been familiar with introspection, which at one time acted as the main method of psychology and was called “introspection” (looking inside), and psychology itself was called “introspective”. Subsequently, this method was abandoned as the main one, since it is very subjective and does not give an accurate picture of the human psyche, but as a method of self-knowledge it is of great importance.

Self-observation can be incidental, little-conscious and purposeful. As an incidental little-conscious self-observation, it is carried out constantly and is identical to the functioning of our consciousness. We do something, communicate, relax and, as it were, at the same time observe ourselves, exercise self-control. As soon as behavior goes beyond the norm established by others or ourselves, we make adjustments to it. In the course of non-targeted introspection, nevertheless, the process of accumulation of facts takes place, some of them, due to their significance or repetition, become the object of our consciousness, i.e. are detected, recorded, and analyzed.

Purposeful self-observation occurs when we set a goal to detect and record in ourselves the manifestation of a particular quality, personality trait, or behavioral characteristic. To do this, a person often deliberately puts himself in appropriate situations or even creates them himself, conducting a kind of experiment on himself. Good opportunities for such experimentation are created by specially organized psychological trainings that allow you to discover and record certain properties and qualities in yourself.

From what has been said, it is clear that both incidental and targeted self-observation make it possible to discover and record personality traits, character traits, communication characteristics, and much more.

Introspection. What is discovered through introspection is subjected to analysis (dismemberment, splitting), during which a personality trait or behavioral characteristic is divided into its component parts, cause-and-effect relationships are established, and the process of thinking about oneself, about this particular quality, takes place.

Example. You have established or discovered through introspection and recording of unpleasant emotions that you are shy. Through self-analysis we clarify whether this is really the case, i.e. what are the signs of shyness. You can say to yourself: “I’m shy, I’m blushing (or pale), I can’t clearly answer the questions asked.” But if you stop only at this, then you may be overwhelmed by unpleasant feelings and experiences, and an inferiority complex may arise. However, this is only initial introspection. Further, thinking about this, we can ask questions: does this always manifest itself? Am I shy when communicating with friends and family? - No. Am I being shy when answering the lesson? - No. What about communicating with strangers? - Yes. Is it with everyone? - No, only with representatives of the opposite sex. Thus, it turns out that you are shy, but not in general, but with members of the opposite sex. What causes this? You can think that this is either a desire to please, or ignorance of how to behave in different situations, or uncertainty that manifests itself in communicating with strangers of the opposite sex, which arose in childhood as a result of ridicule and irony about you. Here we come to the hypothetical truth in our hypothetical example. It turns out that the cause of shyness in an adult can be a hidden resentment experienced in childhood, as a result of ridicule at him.

As you can see, the self-analysis algorithm presented here is quite simple, it only requires attention to yourself, some time and the ability to ask yourself questions correctly and, using life facts, answer them correctly.

Comparing yourself with some “standard”. The words “measurement” and “scale” are conventional concepts, but they allow us to quite accurately convey the essence of this method. We constantly compare ourselves with other people, or with ideals, or with accepted standards. The technique of comparison makes it possible to build self-esteem as an important component of self-knowledge. Such a comparison is carried out on a scale, the polar poles of which are opposites, for example: smart - stupid, kind - evil, fair - unfair, attentive - inattentive, hardworking - lazy. And we will definitely find a place for ourselves in this scale.

Example. You say: “I am quite smart, but not very obliging, a very kind person, but sometimes insecure.” Such standards are formed in you throughout your life, often unconsciously, based on constant comparison of yourself with other people or with generally accepted standards. There are different measures: in the form of a scale, as in this case, or in the form of ranks, when you rank people according to the degree of expression of one or another quality, finding a place for yourself in this series, for example: you can highlight strong qualities in yourself that give you have the strength to live, work, interact with other people, and weak personality traits that, on the contrary, make life difficult, introduce disharmony, and generate negative emotions.

However, in any case, comparing ourselves with some “standard”, we give ourselves self-esteem both in general and in terms of individual qualities and behavioral characteristics. This ultimately brings us closer to the knowledge and construction of the self-concept.

Modeling your own personality is already a rather special method of self-knowledge, and it is best to use it, relying, for example, on the help of a psychologist. But, unfortunately, communication with a psychologist is not available to everyone, so elements of self-modeling can be used independently. Modeling is the display of individual properties and characteristics in symbols, signs, objects of real processes (in this case, one’s personality, one’s relationships with others).

The simplest modeling technique is, for example, drawing yourself: “I am in the present”, “I am in the future”, “I am like a friend”, “I am like a student” and much more. The drawing facilitates self-analysis: what kind of person am I, what are my features, qualities, what do I want, what can I do, etc. Another effective technique is when symbols (for example, circles) indicate I and other significant people, connections are written down and understood between themselves and others: likes, dislikes, dominance, submission, conflicts, etc. This is how you can designate the qualities of your own personality: some of them should be placed in the center, some - on the periphery, grouping them according to the degree of proximity to each other (some help to live, build relationships with the environment, others - interfere, make the personality weak ). After this, an analysis is carried out in a similar way, the process of reflecting on oneself, one’s behavior and actions begins. Practice shows that such techniques greatly facilitate the process of self-knowledge, as they make it possible to take your inner world outside, to look at it as if from the outside.

More complex ways of modeling both the structure of one’s personality and one’s relationships are possible, for example, through role-playing games and psychodrama, but these methods require the inclusion of other people and can only be implemented under the guidance of an experienced psychologist.

Awareness of opposites refers to methods that are used at later stages of the process of self-knowledge, when one or another personal characteristic has already been identified, analyzed, evaluated and makes it possible to painlessly carry out acts of self-acceptance. The bottom line is that our personality as a whole, its individual qualities, simultaneously have positive and negative sides. Therefore, self-knowledge will be incomplete if we fixate on only one side, perceiving it either as unconditionally positive or as unconditionally negative.

Example. Responsibility is a strong quality. We often talk about the need to instill responsibility and want people to show this quality. But a high level of responsibility or over-responsibility interferes with a person and causes negative experiences, since it is impossible to be responsible everywhere and in all situations. Let's take another property that people usually attribute to negative characteristics - aggressiveness. In many cultures and societies, aggressiveness is not encouraged due to its destructiveness and is seen as an indicator of the weakness of the individual, its immaturity, as an inability to control oneself, as a lack of endurance and self-control. But aggressiveness is at the same time the ability to “let off steam,” to discharge, to free oneself from accumulated negative energy, a way of catharsis and purification. Therefore, in terms of education and self-education, we will not talk about preventing a person from showing aggression at all, but about mastering acceptable ways of expressing it, for example, it is important to learn how to transform destructive aggression into constructive aggression, master substitute actions that do not harm other people, animals, things , as well as methods of restraint, self-control, patience, tolerance, etc.

Usually, a person, having discovered and even analyzed this or that quality, experiences a feeling of satisfaction if it is positive and meets his need to be at the level of his aspirations, or dissatisfaction if this quality belongs to the category of negative, weak. This approach is one-sided. It is important to find weaknesses in positive (positive) strengths, and positive and strengths in negative ones. It is precisely this kind of internal work that often allows for reformulation and replacement of qualities, as a result of which the property is accepted as one’s own property, and its negative consequences are reduced to a minimum. Let us examine this situation using the example of shyness.

Example. Some perceive shyness in themselves as a negative quality that interferes with communication with other people, and can worry about this fact very much. Experiences, in turn, increase suspicion towards others. Suspicion increases shyness. The circle closes. Shyness is not accepted, they begin to fight it. The struggle really only comes down to intensifying experiences. However, it is enough to highlight a strong positive side in shyness, and it can be painlessly accepted. Such a strength may be, for example, sensitivity to people’s attitudes, which is an indicator of a subtle mental organization and inner world. It is easier to accept sensitivity and a subtle mental organization than shyness, although by and large (except for nuances) they are one and the same thing.

In general, it should be noted that self-acceptance is an important point in the final part of self-knowledge, it is also the starting point for self-improvement, self-development, acting simultaneously as a stage of self-knowledge, and as a way to achieve unity and harmony of the individual, and as a mechanism of self-development.

The broadest and most accessible way of self-knowledge is to know other people. Giving characteristics to our loved ones and friends, understanding the motives of their behavior, we transfer these characteristics, often unconsciously, to ourselves, comparing ourselves with others. Such a comparison makes it possible to highlight the general and the special, to understand one’s difference from others and what exactly it is.

Let's turn to the means of self-knowledge.
One of the common means of self-knowledge is self-report, which can be carried out in different forms. Oral self-report can be carried out at the end of the week, month, etc. Here it is important to reproduce the events of the day or week: analyze your behavior in different situations; note all the positives and negatives; the reasons that prompted you to act one way or another; play out models of more effective behavior; highlight the qualities and personality traits that emerged in the “reporting” period.

Another form of self-reporting is journaling. The advantages of this form are undeniable, although it requires time and willpower. Firstly, when a person writes down events, intense work of the mind occurs, especially in those cases when it is necessary to express various experiences in verbal form, as a result of which a process of awareness of both events and experiences occurs. Secondly, journaling allows us to record in writing the most unique thing we have - our life experiences, which act as an important result of our life and teaching. Thirdly, in a diary you can describe your past, thereby understanding it more deeply and discovering the dynamics of your personality development. Fourthly, the diary allows you to give yourself self-characterization, where description is combined with analysis.

The next means of self-knowledge are watching films, plays, and reading fiction. It is known that writers, especially classic writers, are unsurpassed psychologists; moreover, they often raise questions that scientific psychology is only beginning to approach. Reading fiction, paying attention to the psychological portraits and characteristics of the heroes, their actions, relationships with other people, you involuntarily compare yourself with these heroes. After watching a film, a play, or reading a work of fiction, try to ask yourself a number of questions: what are the actions of the main characters? What factors played a leading role in shaping the character of the main character? What prompted a person to become this way? Could he have done anything differently? How would I behave in this situation? What does this hero need to do, from my point of view, to be different, to change? Etc. The truth is well known that the more well-read a person is, the more erudite he is, including in matters of self-knowledge.

And, perhaps, the greatest opportunities for self-knowledge are provided by the study of psychology, in particular such sections as the psychology of personality and groups; social Psychology; psychology of cognitive activity. Currently, in many secondary and higher educational institutions, psychology has become a compulsory subject, which is undoubtedly a positive factor. In this regard, the volume of popular psychological literature has increased significantly, where you can glean a lot of useful information, increase your psychological literacy, and expand the scope of self-knowledge.

It is useful to use psychological testing, but one must keep in mind that it is better to use serious, proven tests, carefully reading the instructions and methods of interpretation. If possible, it is better to carry out the interpretation together with a psychologist. Entertainment tests should be treated accordingly, without taking them seriously.

Special means of self-knowledge include various modern forms of work of a psychologist. During individual counseling, the psychologist builds work with the patient in such a way that he opens up as much as possible, understands his problems, finds internal resources to resolve them, and carries out acts of self-knowledge. Working in a socio-psychological training group also gives good results. Here, contact is built in such a way that the group, being a kind of mirror in which each of its participants is reflected, intensifies the processes of learning about others and oneself. An indispensable condition for interaction between the group and the psychologist is the atmosphere of trust and mutual acceptance created by the leader. In psychology, there are a large number of different kinds of psychotherapeutic methods and techniques that allow an individual not only to understand himself more deeply, but also to develop directions for self-development, his own solutions to various life problems and difficulties.

Self-knowledge is the path to enlightenment and we cannot deny this. We need it to solve colossal problems within our own personality: contradictions, laziness, lack of initiative, and even the fight against depression. This is the path of renouncing unconscious fears, self-pity and groundless worry. We will look at several techniques of self-knowledge and figure out what we should be afraid of in the first place. Let's talk about the feeling of guilt and the burden of responsibility, which we often shift to other people, or we drag the “cart” of affairs on our own. Let's start your journey to self-improvement right now!

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What is self-knowledge?

Self-knowledge of the essence of man is more related to esoteric teachings. There is something mystical in it, borrowed from Eastern religions and sciences, which tell us about the human subconscious, the ability to find Compliance between body and soul . There are many techniques with the help of which a person listens to his soul, thoughts, and finds the path that he really needs to follow.

According to the levels of human organization:

• biological (cognition of a person as an organism);
• social (the ability to adapt to the environment with the help of knowledge, rules of behavior in society);
• personal (creating your life, correcting your behavior, the ability to make choices).

The presence of stereotypes about men and women, speculation from magazines and books, conflicting opinions, dogmas of psychological schools do not allow you to stop. Take time for your own self-knowledge, your own thoughts, and not the study of others! It is very difficult to construct a standard thought, since a person on the path to knowledge often deviates from the desired direction. Once the path to yourself has been found, life takes on bright colors again. A person strives for new types of activities, becomes more friendly and successful in all areas of life.

Stop the Earth - I will know myself!

People run away from themselves, hide behind work, the importance of completing certain tasks, without understanding how they are losing themselves. The inability to solve one's personal and material problems drives a person into a corner, depression, obsessions, phobias, and self-doubt appear.

Every person faces problems which turn for him into tests of endurance and the ability to adapt. Problems or routine work distances a person from his internal needs. Reality begins to be governed by the mind, without taking into account the desires of the soul. The path to yourself begins with the unknown , reconnecting with the desire of the soul (an abstract concept, for you it could be consciousness or subconscious), and not just the mind.

A person would rather believe what he sees, hears or understands than what cannot be felt through the senses.

At the peak of an excess of negative phenomena, it is necessary to stop and feel the inner silence , think about the meaning of life, your existence, what has been done and what still needs to be done.

It's never too late to stop and rethink your life, change your unloved job, find a new partner to create a relationship, a future strong family. Stop and understand how little love you give to your children and family, and especially to yourself.

Often, self-dislike starts with overtime work, which is physically and mentally exhausting, and time is wasted on self-care. By analyzing your activities and knowing your “I”, after a short stop, you can significantly improve your life and constantly improve it.

Self-knowledge is the path to enlightenment: principle of action

Self-knowledge of soul and body a person can be achieved through certain techniques, the study of esotericism, psychology, as well as. There are no affirmative conclusions that training or meditation is suitable for everyone; everyone must find an individual approach to knowing their inner strength. Human abilities are very great.

Our mind, body, soul are capable of much, but we do not develop what is given by nature. Misunderstanding of oneself, distortion of internal feelings leads to the destruction of personality, and during this period it is important to remember that .

Based on certain techniques, it helps to develop qualities that will help in all areas of life. For example, your favorite business will begin to generate income, and you will no longer need to do routine work. As a result, you can choose a partner who is suitable in character and is also capable of doing great feats to preserve your love, and not enduring mental or physical violence. Various techniques of self-knowledge help to develop morally.

Don't forget about the beauty of your body! After all, everything in a person should be beautiful: ... words, thoughts, and appearance! Don't forget to look after yourself. This is one of the fundamental factors in society. If you look repulsive, it's not that you have a crooked nose, it's that you've let yourself down. You may have an irregular nose shape, but that’s your feature. No one else you know has such an interesting profile. Maybe you should consider visiting a photographer?

Ruthlessly get rid of external irritants. The best thing is to change the environment, go on vacation, turn off your phone, Internet access, and stop watching TV. If you can’t go on vacation, you can do something unusual for yourself, spend a day in a new place where you have long wanted to visit.

Techniques for Using Observation and Reflection

When we realize that self-knowledge is the path to enlightenment and is an important stage in our life, this is where the first steps begin. Stop living in a world of illusions! Get rid of stupid habits - don’t use someone else’s head to generate thoughts, think for yourself.

With a simple technique, you can get closer to the point of awareness. To start using this simple technique, you need to go through 4 steps:

• Stage I. Realize that you are not the body or the mind or even your emotions. Given the laws of physics, the observer cannot be the subject of observation at the same time.
• Stage II. Watch yourself: your movements, thoughts, emotions.
• Stage III. Any creative activity is followed by a stream of reflection. In the third stage, you will have to reflect on your own actions and their rationale.
• Stage IV. In the process of observation, you will come closer to the state called “pure soul”. Get rid of unnecessary thoughts and be able to concentrate. The final stage involves finding the answer. Who are you?

Do you think we forgot to mention the emotion aspect? No, this is not true, it’s just that emotions are a complex extension of the mind. They belong to that part of the unconscious that is born and develops with us. We adopt habits, we even adopt thoughts and reactions.

Perception and awareness of emotional status allows you to dive even deeper into your true self. The person remains an observer and comes to realize the falsity of all identifications. at this stage is equal to your knowledge of pure consciousness without identification.

The mind gets stuck and switches off. It will take a lot of practice to master this technique and get rid of awareness of the body, mind and emotions. With each session, new possibilities for the concept of one’s essence open up, and a person’s self-knowledge appears.

Techniques for using meditation

A special way of perceiving reality, with awareness of the secret content of a person’s inner world, is. With its help, you can balance yourself, find peace of mind and body, and get closer to harmony. Various meditation techniques are aimed at working with certain types of chakras or even at complex work with only one chakra. You can meditate either to special music or in silence. For example, the Indian spiritual leader Chandra Mohan Jenin, later known to the whole world as Osho, said that any action can become meditation, the main thing is what degree of awareness of the present is present in it.

The simplest method of immersing yourself in a state of “no thoughts and garbage” is exercise for 15 minutes. Self-knowledge is the path to enlightenment, you understand this, and it is this understanding that should influence your attitude towards meditation. During such sessions, negative experiences of both an emotional and physical nature are brought out.

The subconscious is activated, the flow of thoughts follows a state of well-being and inner freedom. The duration of the technique is selected individually, depending on the problems that worry the person. On average, the self-knowledge technique lasts 10-12 days. If you like the state of meditation and bring tangible results, you can not limit yourself to two weeks, but continue sessions for as long as necessary.

Conclusion: human essence as it is

After realizing one’s essence, reuniting soul and body, a person finds a good mood, becomes cheerful, full of energy, ready for new achievements. After practicing meditation, self-knowledge forces a person to better adapt to stressful situations and not perceive external stimuli that can throw them out of emotional balance.

A man who has come to know his life is like a slave man who suddenly finds out that he is a king.

Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

A person learns to influence the outside world using the power of his own intention to influence himself, as well as to heal emotional wounds. Using the techniques described above heals a person spiritually, emotionally, physically. You will stop hiding from the world, expand your understanding of life, of your essence.

Not only meditation can convince us that self-knowledge is the path to enlightenment. Understanding comes with experience that we already have within ourselves. An emotional shock or renunciation of other people's beliefs can give us a desire to move forward. Only by looking into your own face can you understand who you are and what you are worth!