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When
you make the decision to look at. . . your own life and the
way
you think about it, you do something courageous. You
dare to be yourself.
It may be terrifying to search inward, particularly when
it's so easy to look
over someone else's shoulder. After all, when you peer
inside, it's hard to
know if you've made the correct choice. What if the
answers are wrong?
What if you don't know enough? But even if someone
else's answers are
right, they may not be right for you. Making the
distinction may not always
be easy, but once you see the benefits, you'll develop more
faith
in what's inside your own heart. Leslie
Levine |
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Who
looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Carl Jung |
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We
forge
gradually
our
greatest
instrument
for
understanding
the
world--introspection.
We
discover
that
humanity
may
resemble
us very
considerably--that
the
best
way
of
knowing
the
inwardness
of
our
neighbours
is
to
know
ourselves.
Walter
Lippman
The philosophy of the wisest person
that ever existed, is mainly derived
from the act of introspection.
William Godwin
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Introspection enables one to be free from
the influence of negativity. Introspection means
the desire to be good. Introspection brings the ability to
look within and see the true self
in the mirror of the heart, thus enabling one to activate
the inner spirituality. Then all
effort made will be towards activating this inherent
goodness. And slowly one finds that
the behaviour associated with negative traits are no more
expressed, as they begin to
lose their hold. When I am able to introspect and look
within, I can find the goodness
that is there within me. Because of this, I naturally
am free from expectations from others
that they should recognise my goodness or consider me
good. Instead I find myself
content with what I am and continue to bring out the best
from within me.
I continue to learn from all situations and experience
progress.
Brahma Kumaris |
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Study
yourself. Find your strong points and make them stronger
as well as your weak ones and strengthen them. Study
yourself
carefully and you will see yourself as you really are.
Theron Q. Dumont |
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Only by
much searching and mining, are gold and diamonds obtained,
and people
can find every truth connected with their beings, if they
will dig deep into the mine
of their souls; and that they are the makers of their
character, the molders of their
lives, and the builders of their own destinies, they may
unerringly prove, if they will
watch, control, and alter their thoughts, tracing their
effects upon themselves, upon
others, and upon their lives and circumstances, linking
cause and effect by patient
practice and investigation, and utilizing their every
experience, even to the most
trivial, everyday occurrence, as a means of obtaining that
knowledge of themselves
which is Understanding, Wisdom, Power.
James
Allen |
