~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Self-Actualization ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Self-Actualization is a term similar to Self-Realization, describing one’s ability to realize one’s full potential – expressing one’s creativity, quest for spiritual enlightenment, pursuit of knowledge, and the desire to give to society are examples of Self-Actualization. The basic needs of humans must be met (e.g. food, shelter, warmth, security, sense of belongingness, etc.) before a person can achieve self-actualization – the need to be good, to be fully alive and to find meaning in life.

Research shows that when people live lives that are different from their true nature and capabilities, they are less likely to be happy than those whose goals and lives match. For example, someone who has inherent potential to be a great artist or teacher may never realize his/her talents if their energy is focused on attaining the basic needs of humans.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Self-Realization ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Self-Realization is a process for self-fulfillment – realizing one’s deepest desires and capacities, fulfillment of the possibilities of one’s potential. The highest possible desire of a human being is to know thyself – Self-Realization; Advaita Vedanta (ancient non-duality tradition) defines Self-Realization as the knowledge of the True Self beyond both delusion and identification with material phenomena.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Self-Mastery ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Self-Mastery is the power to control one’s actions, impulses, or emotions; Self-Mastery is always a process – a never-ending cycle of learning, integrating, and creating. Self-Mastery gives the ability to control yourself in all situations in life – this gives you a certain level of self-confidence that enables you to move consciously and steadily forward towards your goals.

Self-Mastery starts with a vision of how you want your life to be – the path toward Self-Mastery always begins with a decision that will change the whole course of your life. What is needed is a clear vision of your short-term and long-term goals. Learning to set personal goals, and get into habit of moving towards these goals is fundamental – the clearer you are what you want to achieve in life, the easier it is to move forwards.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Overstanding ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Overstanding is when you can explain something so someone else; to completely “know”; to be able to explain a subject just like the person who explained it to you; having complete clarity on a particular subject or discussion; no gaps in the comprehension of a subject; the flip side of 'understand,' for example, “When I was a student, I understood Tai chi. Now that I am a teacher, I really have a better overstanding.” See also closely related term Innerstanding.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Meditation ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Meditation is a practice for the mind that allows us to hone our perception, clear our awareness and open our heart to fully experience this moment. Research shows that regular meditation fosters physical and emotional health and well-being; it strengthens the immune system, helps reduce stress and anxiety, stimulates attention and focus, enhances creativity, cultivates compassion, improves productivity and increases performance to mention but a few benefits.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Enlightenment ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Enlightenment is an understanding of both the relative mode of existence (the way in which things appear to us) and the ultimate mode of existence (the true nature of these same appearances). This includes our own minds and consciousness (Inner World) as well as the external world.

In the Western world, the concept of Spiritual Enlightenment has become synonymous with Self-Realization; the term is being used to translate several Eastern terms and concepts, such as Nirvana, Satori, and Kenshō. Nirvāṇa (Sanskrit: निर्वाण nirvāṇa; Pali: निब्बान nibbāna) is most commonly associated with Buddhism, literally meaning “blown out,” as in a candle.

In the Buddhist context, nirvana refers to the imperturbable stillness of the mind, after the fires that cause suffering (dukkha) have been finally extinguished; it is the state of perfect peace that comes when craving is eliminated, the unconditioned state experienced while alive with the extinguishing of the flames of desire, aversion, and delusion.

In Hindu philosophy, it is the union with Brahman, the divine ground of existence, and the experience of blissful egolessness. See also closely related terms Satori, and Samadhi.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Self-Awareness ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Self-Awareness is the capacity for introspection – therefore it is the ability to recognize oneself as an individual and separate from the environment and other individuals. Self-Awareness is being aware of the things one should be aware of and paying more attention to that. Self-Awareness allows us to sense that we are separated from each other – resulting the perception of individuated consciousness.

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Awareness Quote of the Day from the Book: Awaken the Living Awareness Within, in the section Awareness:

The only reason why people feel the need to return to Living Awareness through these various methods is because they think that they have left from somewhere as Spirit. In all actuality, there is no distance between Living Awareness and itself, nor time where something can occur; Living Awareness never becomes anything else than Living Awareness, it never leaves anywhere — Living Awareness just is. If the individuated self could comprehend this on a conscious level — that realization alone would set it free. You see, knowing that you have never been anything else than pure Living Awareness — is true peace and happiness; the clear, deep inner knowing that I am whole, all experience is made out of myself, I need nothing but I am everything — is fulfillment in and of itself — see? This we can call an “Awakening,” which is something that takes place within each of us whenever we are ready to remember our eternal nature, whenever we are ready to take that first step in remembering who we are at the deepest level of our being, whenever we are ready to know our core essence as Spirit.