Life skills and self-awareness

11:03 - 2023/05/21

Recognizing negative thoughts: Recognizing and controlling negative and annoying thoughts, and getting rid of them, is another essential principle of self-knowledge

Life skills and self-awareness

Life skills and self - consciousness

Life skills are abilities that help us to behave correctly in different situations and to behave wisely in deal with ourselves and others.

The ability to communicate with yourself is one of the most momentous skills in life.

Acquiring life skills helps one to win in all fields.

Self-awareness and the ability to communicate with oneself is one of the most useful knowledge in life.

This skill is so important that God Almighty has ordered the believers to use it in the Holy Qur'an: "O you who believe, be careful about your deeds "![1]

Self-awareness means knowing one's characteristics, abilities, talents, interests and physical and mental needs and understanding strong point and your failing.[2]

Therefore, in order to succeed in life, a person must be fully aware of his public and private characteristics so that he can manage himself and his life.

Constitutive axes of self-consciousness

It is necessary to observe several things in order to have a complete self-awareness:

1. Physiology (knowledge of one's physical organs and characteristics and physical abilities and weaknesses of the body): this knowledge has a significant impact on the management of the body in daily activities;

2. Psychology (knowing one's own spiritual and educational background and discovering inner subtleties and talents): this knowledge is done to choose the path of growth and perfection;

3. Blessings (knowing the opportunities and assets that God has provided for our growth): Knowing the blessings helps us to use them properly. There are so many blessings that are not known to us and we have not only not used them, but also we have not thanked the creator for them.

Imam Sadiq (AS) says: "It is possible that someone has been given a blessing while he himself is not aware of it."[3]

Ingratitude and not paying attention to blessings can cause irreparable damage to the individual, family and society. Therefore, the Holy Prophet, (P.B.U.H), said: "Be a good neighbor to the blessings, do not annoy them and  dont make them run ; Because it rarely happens that a blessing escapes from a people and returns to them again.[4]

knowing assignment (knowledge of individual rights and duties): This knowledge is one of the basic axes of self-awareness. After being in the system of creation, man has certain rights and duties. Therefore, he should know them and stand up to fulfill them.

4. Personal and Social Responsibility

This knowledge is one of the basic axes of self-awareness. After being in the system of creation, man has certain rights and duties. Therefore, he should know them and stand up to fulfill them.

5. recognizing one's shortcomings: Recognizing the shortcomings of the soul is one of the most important ways of self-knowledge.

If a person, instead of dealing with his own shortcomings and mental defects, focuses on the faults of others, he will not achieve anything other than stagnation and destruction. Therefore, Ali (AS), peace be upon him, said: "The best of people is the one whose own faults prevent him from the faults of the others."[5]

In another narration, the knowledge of a person regarding his defects is considered the most beneficial type of knowledge.[6]

6. Appreciation: One of the important axes in self-knowledge is appreciation and recognition of holiness

Man is the divine caliph on earth; A caliph who finds value among other beings only by appreciating and recognizing holiness

If such knowledge is achieved, man will manage his life well against the evils of the world and free himself from perishable affairs. Hazrat Ali, (AS), says about this: "Whoever has realized the dignity of his soul, deserves to be purified from the lowliness of the world."[7]

He also says: "Whoever knows his worth, should not humiliate himself with perishable things."[8]

7. Recognizing negative thoughts: Recognizing and controlling negative and annoying thoughts, and getting rid of them, is another essential principle of self-knowledge.[9]

And the scholars of ethics interpret it as " Negation of memories". Man should conquer and manage his mind and heart in such a way that no ugly and false words, actions, images or memories enter it.

Approach: Self-awareness is one of the most important skills in life; A skill that, if done well, has many benefits for humans. Correcting behaviors, making wise decisions, achieving proper personal management, recognizing weaknesses and strengths, and enjoying life are among these benefits.[10]

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References

[1]- Maeda: 105.

[2]- Nilipour, Life Skills, p. 11.

[3]- . Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 72, p. 388.

[4]- Nouri, Mustadrak al-Wasail, vol. 12, p. 369.

[5]- Nouri, Mustadrak al-Wasail, vol. 11, p. 315.

[6]- Tamimi Amedi, Ghorral al-Hekam, p. 235.

[7] - Tamimi Amedi, Ghorral al-Hekam, p. 136

[8]- Tamimi Amedi, Ghorral al-Hekam, p. 233

[9] - https://btid.org/fa/news/243994

[10] - https://btid.org/fa/news/243994

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