“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“When you are content to simply be yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“There are 2 mistakes along the way to Self-Mastery: Not starting it, and not going all the way.” — Shi Heng Yi (释恒義)
“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.” — Bruce Lee
“It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.” ― [@yoshikawaMusashi1995]
“A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.” — Andrew Carnegie
= 自我覺察 (Self-awareness) ≈ Self-examination ≈ 後設認知 (Metacognition) = (對自己) 認知的認知
認識自己 → 接受自己 → 喜歡自己
自我覺察是一種能開啟與自己真誠的對話、和自己自在相處的能力。它必須建立對於「感覺」的敏感度上，這種敏銳的感知力，能讓人察覺自己的情緒、發覺自己的真實感受，並有能力對這種感覺做出回應。與自己對話很重要，當一個人不夠了解自己的時候，是很難喜歡自己的。反之，當一個人越了解自己，就越能接受最真實的自己，進而喜歡自己、改變自己。
自我反省乍看之下很簡單，但其實極其困難而且急不得，因為人很擅長欺騙自己，又或是在當下會因為各種因素難以接受自己的真實想法。 1
「灌酒/茶」和「品酒/茶」的差別：後者多了「自覺」
佛洛伊德
- 本我 (Id): 人的本能
- 自我 (Ego): 兩者衝突時的調節者
- 超我 (Superego): 人的理想化目標
[1] distinguished two understandings of the self, the self as “Me” and the self as “I”, in the context of consciousness.
- “Me” corresponds to the self as an object of experience (self as object)
- “I” reflects the self as a subject of experience (self as subject)
Master Shi Heng Yi – 5 hindrances to self-mastery 2
- “The universal law of being successful and happy at the same time means finding the balance.”
- “There are 2 mistakes along the way to Mastery: Not starting it, and not going all the way.”
- 5 Hindrances
- Sensual desire (pleasures & distractions)
- from the five gates of the body:
- Seeing
- Hearing
- Smelling
- Tasting (口腹之慾)
- Feeling
- from the five gates of the body:
- Ill-will (aversion & negative thoughts)
- Slothful body & mind (lack of energy/motivation, heaviness of body, dullness of mind)
- Restlessness (unsettled/monkey mind)
- Regret about the past
- Worry about the future
- Unable to stay in the present
- Skeptical doubt (indecisiveness)
- Sensual desire (pleasures & distractions)
- How to remove these hindrances?
- Recognize (what state of mind you’re in)
- Accept & Acknowledge (the situations and people to be the way as it is/they are)
- Just let it rain
- Investigate (your emotional & mental state)
- Observe the sensation and ask yourself:
- “Why did it come up?”
- “What is the consequence if I remain in this state?”
- Observe the sensation and ask yourself:
- Non-Identification (無我)
- Practice “I’m not the body, I’m not the mind, I’m not my emotion, I can just see all these 3 aspects about me.” 3