To Know Oneself

"Thoreau said in Walden; Or, Life in the Woods, “Direct your eye sight inward, and you’ll find, A thousand regions in your mind, Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be expert in home-cosmography”.

Becoming a naturalist of the mind is challenging because we rarely take the time to observe ourselves, to see how we ‘think, feel, and react or act in situations’, without labeling or judging ourselves in the process.

But a naturalist does just that – he or she observes, notes, in a very neutral way, without passing judgment or labeling, just seeing what is and noting it ‘in neutral’. (Try watching ants for a moment, just observing and seeing where they go and what they do)..."

"To Know Oneself"
Susan Smalley

The Huffington Post

Image: US Fish & Wildlife

Comments

[Kristy Harris]

Thanks for the motivation today. I posted it on my blog as well.

[leila]

yet,I did't find myself