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Read more about '''[[Self Observation Compilation|Self Observation]]''' from the works of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo.

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[[FileIn our everyday life, we always look outwards into the appearance of things and get trapped into the surface ignorance and rarely turn inwards. Amongst other things, this comes with ignorance, unconsciousness, egoism. If we wish to overcome these limitations and discover & utilise our potentialities beyond the surface appearances, we need to observe ourselves. <ref> http:SOSlide7//incarnateword.PNG|center|1000px]]in/cwm/09/18-june-1958#p3</ref>

[[FileFurther, to develop the witness attitude it helps to Project oneself on a screen and then observe and see all that is moving there and how it moves and what happens.<ref>http:SOSlide10//incarnateword.PNG|center|1000px]]__NOTOC__in/cwm/06/13-october-1954#p2</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style= "background-color: #efefff; width: 100%;"|By Developing the Contact with the Psychic Being= Why =

In our everyday lifeThe mental being within watches, we always look outwards into the appearance of things observes and get trapped into the surface ignorance and rarely turn inwards to seek self and discover and utilize our potentialspasses judgment on all that happens in you. In order to know ourselves The psychic does not watch and the world completelyobserve in this way like a witness, we must go behind our exterior but it feels and dive deep below our  own mental surface knows spontaneously in a much more direct and luminous way by the physical surface very purity of Nature. And for this self expansion its own nature and exploration the divine instinct within it, psychological self-observation and analysis is a great and effective tool which supports so, whenever it comes to the turning  of front it reveals at once what are the eye inward right and help us what the wrong movements in one’s nature. <ref>h http://incarnateword.in connecting with our inner being /cwsa/29/work-and universal laws and processes which stand behind the material front of the universe.-yoga#p45</ref>

= What =By Being Vigilant==

SelfSecondly, vigilance helps in self-observation is . If one remains vigilant, not fearful, then with the process increase of becoming conscious the Force upholding oneself, a power of oneself seeing and self-observation comes. The power of seeing is accompanied by the different parts power of one’s being self-control and developing a the power to distinguish between the parts, reject the origin of their movements within and wrong turn or the many impulses and conflicting will that drives one to actionwrong reaction when it comes. Observation helps develop a discernment that never errs<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/fear#p12</ref>

As we go beyond the ordinary surface body consciousness, we discover an inner level of mental, vital, physical being along with ==By Developing a inner subtle - physical being. By identifying ourselves with our inner being, we are able to observe our thoughts and feelings and can trace the source and motives of our actions and operative energies that build up our surface personality. This helps us in improving our self-vision.Quiet Mind==

== Mind Under Thirdly, quietude and detachment of the mind helps in self-observation. If the whole mind remains quiet and detached, then to observe the vital movement without giving assent and rejecting it becomes more easy. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/the Influence -vital-and-other-levels-of Psychic Being ==-being#p45</ref>

Real Self-Knowledge begins when one dis-identifies from ==By Exercising the nature in oneself and its movements - realising the two as separate beings in oneself. One movement guiding one towards one’s inner truth (psychic being) and other (mostly vital) towards the external being engaged in the play of lower nature. Will to Change==

As one progresses in one’s inner journey, a state comes where one experiences a double By putting each element that enters our consciousness, one on before the surfacewill to change while remaining awake, smallcomparing, active, ignorantobserving, swayed by thoughts studying and feelingsslowly acting, grief we are able to hone our ability at self-observation and joy and all kinds of reactions, the other make interesting discoveries within calm, vast, equal, observing the surface being with an immovable detachmentoneself.

The surface/outer mental being observes and passes judgement whereas ==By Educating the inner being (psychic) spontaneously knows and feels in a more direct way by its purity and the divine instinct within it. Mind under the influence of the psychic reveals the movements coming from the higher and the lower nature in oneself. The pure mind in a witness position that stands detached from the play of the nature, observing it and able to choose.Senses==

= How By the education of the senses the growth of one's general education is aided. The senses can, in particular, be used as instruments of observation, control and knowledge. For instance, the way one keeps one’s room is often a reflection of where one is in one’s consciousness. Taking this feedback, and consciously trying to Observe Oneself? =use the sense of colour and form, order and organisation helps develop the ability to use one’s senses a logical, rational, useful way. Going further, it also helps discover who one is in the conscious way of designing one’s room.<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/31-march-1954#p13</ref>

In order to become conscious, one needs to develop within a part with a witness attitude that observes and The second is not carried away by thoughts the “danger of ego” in observing the movements and feelings. People with very developed introspective mind identifies with this part and it becomes easy for them attaching the sense of ‘I’’ to begin the process of self-observationobserving and not going behind the surface level I.

The process of self-observation should To be objective always observing faults and wrong movements brings depression and one should look at oneself as a third person engaging in discourages the surface level activitiesfaith. <ref> http://incarnateword. in/cwsa/31/steps-towards-overcoming-difficulties#p28</ref> One need not like or dislike the activity but sincerely has to observe the movements them, of naturecourse, but not stress them.<ref> http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/dealing-with-depression-and-despondency#p22</ref>

== Thoughts and Self-observation == '''You are separate from your thoughts''' In the ordinary state, one thinks by habit and Instead it is unable important to distinguish himself from his thoughts.There is a complete identification between focus on the movement of thought good part and the consciousness of the being. But when one acquires the witness attitude and is able to separate himself from the thoughts, one sees that the thoughts come from outside, from universal Nature, from the mental, vital or subtle physical worlds etc. Thoughts are not the essence of mental-being, they are only an activity of mental nature. Being a little aware and observant shows that one is not manufacturing one’s own thoughts, but rather thoughts occur in one’s consciousness. Generally, give it is like a thought current passing through the brain and then through the brains of other people. It is a perpetual movement that lacks individuality. Through movements of life and gradually becoming aware of one’s individual sensations, thoughts and ideas, one is able to see that very few thoughts in us are personal. Thoughts lack individuality and one thinks what others are thinkingstrength, others think what still others are thinking, and everybody thinks like that in a great mixture, because these are currents, vibrations of thought passing from one to another.  = Three things to be aware of = Be aware of “many voices” within. All are whilst not divine and many may only be a voice of desire. You should be vigilant and be faithful to denying the Truth and insist on peace, purity, devotion, sincerity. Aspire for a spiritual change of nature limitations and keep the fire of aspiration burning. Be aware of the “escape attitude’’ as man always rushes into external action and looks for reasons to not have time to observe himself and turn inward.There is “danger of ego” in observing the wrong movements and attaching the sense of ‘I’’to the process of self-observing and not going behind the surface level I. = Results of Self-observation = If one sincerely observes oneself and put all one’s ignorance, unconsciousness and egoism before a will to change then life becomes infinitely interesting and one can make marvellous and unexpected discoveries about oneself. The process becomes interesting and one begins to find out a lot of small hidden folds one never knew existed within. Once they discovered and light is put upon them, they disappear and one no longer has those reactions and that is how you make progress on the path of self discovery. = Things to Remember = '''Continuous Process of Self-observation''' If one begins to find out, to understand what a feeling is and what a thought is, and how it works, then one can already go quite far on the path. One must at the same time observe how his feelings and thoughts have an action on the body, what the reciprocity is.  And then, there is another exercise which consists in looking into oneself for what is persistent, what is lasting, something which makes one say "I", and which is not the body.  '''Divine as Observer''' A hidden Power is the true Lord and overruling Observer of our acts and only he knows through all the ignorance and perversion and deformation brought in by the ego their entire sense and ultimate purpose.

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