Maybe it’s the years or maybe maturity, but there’s always a time when we wake up, finally to that self-awareness where we choose sideways, where we raise our voices amid screams and to make our position clear. Because there is nothing more comforting than sleeping with a calm heart and a calm conscience, no matter what the world thinks.
Antonio Damasio is a renowned emotional neurologist who defines consciousness as a subtle harmony between the autobiographical, the social and the third, where the emotional and the spiritual merge. The person fully aware of this unique and particular structure will be more competent and rational in his reality.
- We all have a conscience and it is like the breath of the soul.
- Like the beacon of our emotions that brings a voice to our hearts to tell us when something is right and when something is wrong.
- We must be in tune with it.
- We must know how to provide this inner awakening to be able to act without fear and make our conscience this peaceful refuge with which we will spend our lives.
Carl Gustav Jung used to say that anyone who looks outward dreams. Who looks inside, wakes up? Although the famous psychologist was a key player in the early days of psychoanalysis, his methodology is also closely linked to anthropology, mythology and philosophy. For this reason, his conception of human consciousness remains of great interest today.
Like the neurologist Antonio Damasio, Jung defined consciousness as a psychological entity where our life experiences and our deepest emotions are integrated. To wake it up, you have to “look inside. ” Being aware of unpleasant acts, mistakes made, personal values or principles not respected due to fear or indecision. It happens because you are subject to the moral conscience of others and not to your own.
Being aware of each of these personal dimensions sometimes presupposes a real act of pain. According to Gustav Jung, people can be capable of anything, as long as they do not have to face their own soul and their own conscience. So, achieve? The light? we must be aware of our “darkness”. Only then will we feel free, only then will we be connected with ourselves in an integral and healthy way.
In many social and political contexts in which we live today, there is a lack of moral awareness, which highlights the ethics, respect, love for others and the sense of humanity that stands out today. selfishness escapes through the chimney and dark interests must always flourish.
Since today it is not very difficult to achieve these superstructures that surround us, it is worth practicing this exercise of integrity in ourselves and even in the heirs of the future: our children. Develop appropriate strategies to create an awareness of the heart, a calm. , loving and coherent voice where mutual respect prevails, along with self-respect.
Our private consciences are more than a mere reflection of the moral teachings that have been handed down to us. It is not enough to know what is right or what is wrong, “we have to feel”. To do this, we must wake up from our lethargy and be aware of our thoughts and ailments.
We will show you how, and for that we suggest that you think about the differences between seeing, looking and contemplating during the development of your consciousness.
Our consciences must be able to contemplate everything that surrounds us in the light of this emotional beacon that connects with our heart. Only then will we stop absorbing outside noise or the opinions of others. A clear conscience is worth more than all the gold in the world, it is the soft pillow with which we rest better and a fuller life.