- Piotr Afonasyevich," we once asked citizen Fakovsky. - And still, if we are not joking, where does development begin?
Pyotr Afonasievich smiled and replied:
— Inner focus. We are inside reality. We are in constant interaction with it. We are reality, conditioned by our level of perception of it and ourselves in it. Nurture the self.
- How?
- Pay attention to yourself. I know that's not easy to afford in today's world. But that's what you think. It's really in your hands.
Study yourself and your reactions. Observe yourself. Focus your attention on yourself and your reactions. Observe and analyze the essence of what is happening from a state of calm. You are reacting and observing at the same time. You are simultaneously at rest and in motion. So is reality.
It's a skill that takes years to form. But it is necessary for development. Find yourself. That's where it all starts. Before that, nothing matters. Call it mindfulness or reflection, it's all the same. Do it.
In time, this skill will become part of your essence, becoming a natural quality. Then you will be able to separate yourself from the world around you by your own will, consciously. You will be able to merge or not to merge with others by your own will. You will master your essence, you will be able to protect it. You acquire selfhood. You become the essence.
And you get access to the one who is actually capable of development - yourself.
It is not social status or material status that determines your essence, your level of development. It doesn't matter. It really doesn't. It doesn't matter. Don't waste your energy. 😊
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