Personal Development Awareness

The following are excerpts from Stefan Deutsch’s forthcoming book – I Know You Love Me (more on  the THDC BOOKS)

There are 3 types of awareness can be developed in an orderly, sequential manner in every human being. First, you are born with an innate awareness of what is going on inside of you—hunger, tiredness, discomfort, gas, fear, wanting to be held, etc. Second is the development of your awareness of the world around you, with knowledge passed on from adults. Letters, numbers, names of objects, causality and consequences—all are taught to you. Finally, you need to be trained to become aware of what is going on inside another person. An awareness of the world around you is much easier to obtain then an awareness of what another person feels. The tangible world is visible, whereas understanding the experience of another person requires that you connect it with what is going on inside of you. Read more on personal development awareness...

Exercises to develop Awareness

The following are excerpts from Stefan Deutsch’s forthcoming book – I Know You Love Me (more on  the THDC BOOKS)

The first pace to start developing our awareness of our body’s signal so we can feel if someone’s behavior is unloving is with our breath. We all breath…but do it unconsciously. We don’t pay attention to it. Do you take full breaths? Close your eye and take a breath. Pay close attention to how far down in your body your breath travels. Does it stop at the top of your chest? Do you feel your rib cage expanding? Is it comfortable to breathe so deep that even your belly expands?Most of us take shallow breaths that do not provide the ideal amount of energy. Do the exercise a few times, each time following your breath down into your body. In the next few days become aware of just how often and how deeply you breathe.