Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
A true self is an awakened self.
One of the key elements for embodying elegance, self-worth, and pride is mindfulness. Mindfulness is at the core of Somatic Intelligence and learning, and like a muscle, needs to be exercised on a regular basis for growth. To be more mindful we need to disconnect from the very distractions that are taking us away from the present moment, gaining us contemplation time, and getting us more connected to ourselves and the present moment.
Before the internet, email, and cell phones – people lived in the moment.
Communicating internationally was through letters that took a few weeks to arrive in each direction, and phones were fixed to a house. You couldn’t text, send photos, or hop on unplanned video calls.
Today’s modern lifestyle gives us access to rapid instant communication that brings us closer in seconds, but can also create a culture of stress, overwhelm, and constant need for instant gratification.
Not being able to delay immediate gratification and easy access to everything makes us impatient, and we forget how to just be and enjoy the simplest of things – like the people right in front of us.
Mindfulness is about learning how to be quiet inside – the possession of ourselves.
It’s about how to shut down the constant chatter and noise and be in the present moment. We think and talk too much, not feeling enough. We then try to numb out by engaging in unhealthy habits. Many people fear meeting what they might find inside. We need to learn how to be with what we feel, what is, and learn to unpack it in a safe way.
If people feel something they do not wish to feel, many will run to unhealthy habits such as drugs, alcohol, sex, shopping, emotional eating – anything to escape the pain, to escape the feelings, to numb it.
Depression and anxiety, that are not a form of chemical imbalance, are our bodies signaling to us that we are heading in the wrong direction. We need to learn how to get comfortable with the uncomfortable, to become more resilient. We need to examine what we are missing – love, support, companionship, financial stability… and work towards creating it. We need to deal with the root cause and not the symptoms.
The quieter and more mindful we become, we pay attention to what goes on inside us. We tune in and understand what better decisions we need to make. We stop blaming others or getting triggered by things that touch our soft spots. Our communication becomes about what really is rather than the story we created about it.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please follow these step-by-step instructions to complete this lesson:
- Read the text & Watch the short video above
- Don’t forget to hit the complete button when done