what is introspection?
We are engaged in introspection when we reflect on our thoughts, sensations, emotions, and memories and examine what they mean. When we seek to understand prominent aspects of ourselves and make a distinction between first-person knowledge of our own minds and objective, externally available information. When we constantly develop our own methods of exploring the self and interact in a procedure of consciousness-raising.
Introspection is not a specific process that is distinctively aimed at gaining insights about a psychological state. There are dozens of situations and practices that can be introspective, some of which don’t seem to be self-reflective at all and some of which contrast others in terms of their workings and depth of understandings they exhibit. By contemplating and actualizing unconscious material, it is possible to transform one’s mental state and attain solutions to irritating disputes.
Practice of skillful thought, the functional process of introspection, allows us to spirit into personal psychology as one dives into reading a book, illuminating our inner sentiments. It helps us to deliberate our beliefs and desires, to find our voice and speak for ourselves. To study our inner world and integrate our notions with what is in the world around us. To work with our roles and personalities, and the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us.
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Introspection, while potentially yielding valuable self-knowledge, may also lead to self-obsession and chronic rumination. We have to penetrate the layers of appearances and develop the capacity to hold several contradictory or paradoxical ideas about ourselves in our minds at the same time.
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A social psychologist Timothy Wilson made a long career studying the perils of introspection. In his “Strangers to Ourselves” (2002), he writes
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In today’s world, the effort of self-improvement has become a relentless pursuit, with many seeking guidance from various experts, traditions, and
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Man passes the noological dimension whenever he is reflecting upon himself — or, if need be, rejecting himself; whenever he is making himself an