As we have finite time, it behooves us to be careful about which endeavors we choose to pursue. This requires a clear understanding of one’s proclivities and limitations, and how our personal inclinations manifest into desires.
So one of the most useful practices we could ever engage in is to turn our awareness inward, and study ourselves.
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha 
Reblogged this on The Perils of Improbable Potholes.
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Thanks for the share, A. Non! 🙂
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The difficulties of this suggestion are formidable. What to look for/at, to define what you see/discover, to interpret the value/importance of what you find, to know how perishable/amorphous the observations are. These have been the challenges of even the most developed self examinations.
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Self examination is usually hard. It’s also usually productive. I think that’s why it gets conflated with the hero’s journey in so many narratives.
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“Journey” is the best metaphor. At each step, you are where you are, you can only see what you can see, the signs are there to notice and interpret before you take the next step. You may have to backtrack if you find yourself in the wrong terrain. Etc.
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Yesssssss!!!!
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😀
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Agreed.
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wisdom 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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Thank you back! 🙂
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Exactly! The older I get, the pickier I am. Three questions I ask before I commit to anything – does it have value for me, does it add value to my family, and does it add value to my community?
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Asking those questions probably makes a lot of the answers way more obvious. 🙂
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Yep! 🙂
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