Part 1: “Top Three”
1. Does complacency serve to maintain the status quo or do I need to renew and refresh my mind? Can I just maintain the status quo or do I need more? What am I willing to do? I am not content to just sit idly by and wait out the end. I have been evolving and developing morally and ethically for my entire life. In some manner cognitive development plays a part in ethical prowess, and as we mature into the next stage of physical life, we renew our outlooks. I for one believe that complacency is an attribute of the shadow life. There have been periods during my emotional maturation of distress and unease, which only served to further my emotional development. The same can be said for ethical development, as life proceeds …show more content…
Introspection – do we all have evil thoughts? I read somewhere that a human has 10,000 thoughts daily and many repeat themselves which could mean upwards of 50,000 or more thoughts. How many of them are spiritually cognitive or evilly distorted? I have often wondered if all thought is internal or that an external encounter creates thought? Sort of like, “Which came first” the chicken or the egg? Self-analysis provides awareness.
2. Awareness – stay in control, being unaware leaves too much to chance. Recognition of actions and reactions will go a long way to improved decision making abilities. Once you are aware you can no longer blame ignorance or thoughtlessness for your actions. Awareness is conscious cognition that allows for acknowledgment of distorted views.
3. Repression – hold back, not so quick to react, and provide opportunity to explore motives. Authoritarians believe leaders have the right to demand obedience which can be repressive in stifling originality.
4. Perception – understanding the world around us and how we are stimulated and process this information. Perception is integrative: physically, mentally, environmentally, and behaviorally. We may employ any or all of our instincts and intellect to discern
1. Does complacency serve to maintain the status quo or do I need to renew and refresh my mind? Can I just maintain the status quo or do I need more? What am I willing to do? I am not content to just sit idly by and wait out the end. I have been evolving and developing morally and ethically for my entire life. In some manner cognitive development plays a part in ethical prowess, and as we mature into the next stage of physical life, we renew our outlooks. I for one believe that complacency is an attribute of the shadow life. There have been periods during my emotional maturation of distress and unease, which only served to further my emotional development. The same can be said for ethical development, as life proceeds …show more content…
Introspection – do we all have evil thoughts? I read somewhere that a human has 10,000 thoughts daily and many repeat themselves which could mean upwards of 50,000 or more thoughts. How many of them are spiritually cognitive or evilly distorted? I have often wondered if all thought is internal or that an external encounter creates thought? Sort of like, “Which came first” the chicken or the egg? Self-analysis provides awareness.
2. Awareness – stay in control, being unaware leaves too much to chance. Recognition of actions and reactions will go a long way to improved decision making abilities. Once you are aware you can no longer blame ignorance or thoughtlessness for your actions. Awareness is conscious cognition that allows for acknowledgment of distorted views.
3. Repression – hold back, not so quick to react, and provide opportunity to explore motives. Authoritarians believe leaders have the right to demand obedience which can be repressive in stifling originality.
4. Perception – understanding the world around us and how we are stimulated and process this information. Perception is integrative: physically, mentally, environmentally, and behaviorally. We may employ any or all of our instincts and intellect to discern