Consciousness is a state of being cognisant, a process of showing a sophisticated understanding of what happens in one's physical or psychological environment and having one react in the right or appropriate manner. We live in a world where people are gradually losing their mental consciousness, each action or decision they make is done without being processed through their perceptive filters, which say or do things that might have a toxic reflection on others, but since it hardly affects them, they see no reason why they cannot do it. Lack of compassion and consideration is one of the biggest heights of mental incapacity.
For example, take a look at governance in many African countries. One of the reasons why people choose to still stay in power irrespective of their incompetence and failure is because of the lack of empathy. Another reason why they take on leadership position should be because of their drive to enact change, but should in case anything goes wrong, it's expected of them to hand over the rein to another person to continue, but because of lack of consciousness, their premeditated choice of lack of awareness, makes them choose to serve themselves; their pockets, and ambitions.
When we're aware of certain events and occurrences in our lives and the lives of others, it should move us to exhibit some human emotions. This means should, in reality, some are ruthless, and sometimes this ruthlessness emanates from having terrible childhood, maybe an abusive father. Sometimes, most of the people who exhibit toxicity and power are those who were powerless against some harsh treatments being meted out to them. However, being powerless is a motivation to attain power.
Some people struggle to attain wealth and affluence not because it is what they want in life, but because they were products of abusive parents, or because money was a tool that was used to maltreat them as young people. They were subdued by power and unfair intoxication, and sometimes they spend their lives picking on others, especially since the people who made them feel that way as kids might not be alive anymore. By so doing, it's easier for such people to lose their consciousness, the funny thing is that they might do so without realizing the rabbit hole they're drowning in.
Anger, sadness, empathy, or anxiety are human emotions that act as feedback to occurrences, this is why it's important to understand the concept of self-scrutiny. Everyone is capable of scrutiny, but most of the time, we find it difficult to relate it to ourselves. Scrutiny is what we seldom do because when people feel right in their disposition, it's normal and natural for them to think they're right, but feeling right is different from being right. One of the best ways to show consciousness is to scrutinize ourselves from time to time, instead of dwelling on the wrongness or rightness of another person, how about ourselves?
Have we taken time to carefully check our actions, weigh them without sentiments and see if this examination would warrant us to take a different course of action? I think self-exaltation is one of the things that prevents self-scrutiny. Some people unknowingly exalt themselves, creating mental importance in their personalities. This makes them feel a sense of affluence, it becomes difficult for them to rightly access themselves because of truth, self-assessment can only be attained by a human being whose level of emotions is balanced. Some people do not check their actions because they feel there's nothing wrong with their course of action, while this might be true, it cannot be completely true......(to be continued)
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One of the problems of people is the inability to realize and admit their mistakes even when their state of consciousness makes them see the wrong from the right. They just do not want to see it that way and because of their position; wealth, power, affluence, they think what they are doing is right, whereas, it is wrong.
It takes a trained mind to admit one's wrongdoing, and until we can achieve that state, we will always ignore our consciousness of things happening around us.
Take me as an example; I know I am always temperamental and would get angry unnecessary. When I have done something wrong which I know, but I wouldn't want to admit, and would stand on my ground, especially to my younger ones. Today, I apologize immediately when I know I made a mistake and I am at fault.
All thanks to my sisters who helped me to understand how to calm myself in situations, and to take the blames instead of not being remorseful, but would want to stand on my right. This is because I am already growing up and not turning younger again.
That's most of the categories of people behave. There are people who deem their actions to be unquestionable, because they think they can never be wrong. Deep down in their heart, they're always having this moral justification within them that they can never be wrong, but the truth is they've lost the ability to be conscious and be aware and let it influence them.
As for your sister, the truth is that you've deemed it necessary to do things differently, if not, your sister wouldn't be able to influence you like that, if the decision didn't subconsciously come from you. It's always good to acknowledge the need to do things differently.
Hmm... Yea, acknowledging the need to do things differently is what that matters because no one can actually change what you have decided in your mind. Thanks for this.
We can and certainly should examine our own actions. But how do we get others to do the same??? Especially if they don't want to see it, and want to keep thinking it's a good way to live?
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I think we cannot truly change people, unless they're willing to change, but I think people should go on a discovery of themselves, that's why we must be an example... A positive influence.
I think you are right :) ...
We definitely can’t be right all the time, but it takes a high level of consciousness to admit when we’re in the wrong. Staying conscious of one’s words and actions in the heat of moments of strong waves of emotions is a very difficult thing to do.
Most people with anger issues for example feel their anger is justification for them to act a certain way or respond to situations. That the awful things they say in the heat of arguments should be excused and overlooked because they said them from a position of anger and that they didn’t mean them. But funny thing about emotions at extremities is that is let’s our restraint lose, and our subconscious thoughts we’ve been holding back come out of the little pockets we’ve been tucking them in.
What I find really funny about this is the fact that the same people who justify their actions by their emotions will not have it when you reciprocate the same emotion-based responses to them.
I think training the mind is one of the most difficult things out there. Just like people who have anger issues. I Know it's easy to for people like this to think their anger issues is who they are, but this isn't true. Anger is something we cannot completely eradicate but train ourselves to curtail and manage and self scrutiny is one of the ways to actually understand this.
Just like you said, some people will justify their anger, but they'll never have it when it's meted against them
Exactly. @justfavour has mentioned many times he used to have anger issues, but I’m still in disbelief because personally, I feel like he’s a very calm and peaceful person in control of his emotions. He then explained how it took a lot of work to reach that state of calmness and control over his anger.
Emotions are never a reason to justify lashing out. We’re conscious beings for a reason. Our consciousness is what distinguishes us from other classes of animals and creatures around. Hard as it is, we surely can train our minds.
I do think that somebody can have anger issues and still manage to appear calm because they have been trying to control or curtail it. This is a proof or evidence of effort and also a manifestation of awareness and consciousness of one's true self.
The people who try to work on them are the true heroes. It takes a lot for people to self scrutinize themselves and decide to do the right thing.
There's this verse in the bible that talks about taking off the log from your own eye first before you can take out someone else's own.
You see when people judge other people's actions, have you stopped to check you yourself who is pointing fingers if you are good enough?. Are you righteous? Most person would be doing something really wrong but feels its right especially those who have powers or are superior to other. Like you've said, and I agree with that notion "there's a difference between being right and feeling right". You can feel right but still be doing the wrong thing.
There's the absolutely need for people to embrace self evaluation at all times, I think when people do this, they'll achieve a level of consciousness bigger than the one they presently hold. We might feel right, but it's not being right. Self scrutiny is the key.
Very necessary..
Thanks for the vlog @josediccus
Waiting for the continuation
Thanks for reading and coming through
I think a lot of people have the problem of always feeling right. This is where we hear some people use phrases like “it’s my life and I will do anything I want with it”. Yes, we know it’s your life but the things you do affect the life of others directly or indirectly.
With the people in position, I think it’s always been a case of serving themselves rather than serving the people. If not they would have told us the reality of the situation the moment they are voted into power, but instead they keep mute and when they citizens complain they tend to use the past to defend themselves.
They end up telling us the previous government couldn’t do it so how do we expect them to do it. What was the reason for changing government in the first place?
So at the end I think it’s always about the power rather than serving.
This is correct, however, it boils down to awareness and a deep sense of consciousness to understand that feeling right might not necessarily be being right.
It's true that our experiences and past can shape our emotions and actions. Being aware of the events in our lives and others can inspire us to exhibit human emotions, but it's also true that some individuals may have developed a lack of empathy due to past traumas. On the other hand, the desire to attain power can stem from feelings of powerlessness. Great share @josediccus
From your expose I could deduce great level of fact. But then I ask, is it inappropriate not to blame people who have unbalanced emotions in some cases? Is it not the case that upbringing of persons have a way of shaping people's lives?
Sometimes I feel that these persons who exhibit some of the abnormals so mentioned in your write up are helpless. Of course there are those who are wicked in themselves and know the truth but chose to do wrong. But what of those whose upbringing have Configured them to think that the wrong is the right. What do you have to say on this baba @josediccus
Many persons fail to realize that they can be the problem. Life or should I say people thought process or self has this funny way of making people turn out differently. from the scenario you pointed out “when someone comes from and abusive home” some learn not to be that way while some thrive on being the exact same way or worse to others.
If people don’t try consciously to heal, we would just keep recycling the same patterns we hate.
People from abusive homes learns some defense mechanism, they become inherently dangerous sometimes, especially when they grow up vengeful, rather than healed.