Being With Myself

Being enlightened means being self-aware. Awareness of yourself means you don’t miss anything inside. You are aware of things like the quality of your thoughts and feelings, of how you sometimes give your power to others, and how your self-esteem occasionally fluctuates. You don’t miss anything because you know that knowing yourself is vital to being comfortable with yourself. Are you comfortable with yourself? No! Then be with your-self, talk to your-self, listen to yourself today. Take a few moments out and have a meeting with yourself. Put yourself in your diary. Put your-self at the top of your to-do list. And write next to it, ‘being with myself’.

Being 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 refers to the capacity to 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 one's own thoughts, feelings, sensations, and actions as distinct from the external world and other individuals. It involves having an understanding of your own existence and identity. 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 can manifest in various ways:

𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙣𝙚'𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 (𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 & 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨) 𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨.