The Big Picture Of Self-Actualization

The Big Picture Of Self-Actualization

The Big Picture of Self Actualization NOTES (This is the essence of self actualization. This is gonna give your an idea of who you're going to become. Although these high-level components are abstract, they will save you years of dead ends. Also, the order of them is arbitrary and will develop in a unique way for you.) -It all starts with a deep need for growth. You may get that need from intuition or suffering. -You take 100% responsibility for your life. No more victim thinking, take ownership, you create your life, it's all pretty much a reflection of you. -Discriminate reality from appearances. Search for truth and commitment to learning and self-education. Understanding how things work, conceptual understanding. -Metaphysical and epistemic questioning. Your ideologies, beliefs, paradigms,etc. Become aware of your delusions and free yourself from them. -Have a glimpse of the absolute. Go after this truth and incorporate it on everyday life. -Growth: raising the quality of your consciousness. -Uncondicional Love. -Self acceptance. -Detachment. Being able to feel all experience fully, deconstruct your motives. -Being: versus having and doing. Being able to derive satisfaction and pleasure from the present moment. Deeply feel and savor existence. The whole doing and having cycle in which most of us are stuck. -The capacity of observation. Precise, objective, dispassionate, careful, steady and long-term. Self-observation. Many years of self observation to get a deep understanding of yourself. -Undermine self impulses. Selfish and lower consciousness impulses that need to be restricted, purged and weeded out. -Honesty. (Huge). Especially with yourself. Your motives, desires, excuses. -Surrender control and give up manipulation. Stop trying to control everything. Surrender. -Face some harsh truths. Death, boredom, emptiness. Without depression. Sober. -Identify your fear barriers and defense mechanisms. Aim to get rid of them. -Raise the quality of your motivations and desires. -Become a creator. Life purpose, how you'll impact the world specifically with your career. -Reconciliate evil, suffering and ignorance. Understand them and their causes. Stop hating on others and see how evil, suffering, and ignorance reside in you. -Pursue big picture understanding. Understanding different areas of life. -Operate more with your right brain. More emotional, more holistic, more integrated and spiritual. Ego=left part of the brain. Enlightenment= in the brain takes part on the right side. -Satvik(?) lifestyle. Desintoxication. Energetic barriers. Freeing yourself from addictions and needs for stimulation and distraction. -Undoing social conditioning. Culture, family, etc. -Non-manipulative relating. Be honest and conscious of your manipulations and let them go. -As you grow, you'll become more strategic, decisive, proactive and visionary. -You'll be building infrastructure. This is a general guide. It's your job to fill the specific details. Explore different techniques, there's many. I hope this is useful.