{"id":311,"date":"2022-01-18T12:17:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T09:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nasahafrica.wordpress.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2022-01-18T12:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T09:17:21","slug":"journey-to-self-realization-being-the-best-version-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Journey To Self-Realization; Being The Best Version Of You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who are you? Can you fully answer that question without uncertainty? Are you only described by the constraints of your relationship, career or passion? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Out here there is; the person your colleagues know, your family have been seeing, the person strangers give the first impression about. The person who knows the real you is you, there is also a chance you have no clue either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journey to self-realization starts with internalizing who you are away from the masses. Self-realization is generally defined as the activation of one\u2019s full potential, talents and abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eugene K. Choi<\/a>, A trained life coach in his book how to attain self-realization and become a better you defines<\/strong> <\/a><\/em>self-realization in two ways; psychological and religious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says Psychologists Define Self-Realization by the Psychologist Abraham Maslow hierarchy of needs theory which states that to achieve self-realization one needs to have a certain set of needs met before achieving. This is also known as self-actualization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that you need to achieve set goals in different areas, for instance, personal needs to fully realize your potential and true self. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In religions, to attain self-realization you have to connect with your truest self through transcending your mind and body, here you have to believe that there is a much greater you than the physical being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-realization is important because it helps us;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Gain the ability to monitor our emotions, it helps us handle things like fear, stress and anxiety and rather than acting upon them we use observation and handle them in a controlled space.<\/li>
  2. To become more accepting of oneself and others, with self-realization you become the real you among other people making it easier to connect with them thus forming deeper and fruitful relationships.<\/li>
  3. Increase self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence, by being able to connect with other people we can be freed from insecurities thus increasing self-confidence among them.<\/li>
  4. Improve focus and concentration, self-realization helps us identify distractions thus making us stay on the course of important things in our lives in the process increasing our potential.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"We can start developing self-realization by making time for meditation at least 5-10 minutes a day. In this Period avoid all the distractions and take some time by yourself to internalize your past present and future. This will help you take a step back from the craziness of life and recompose yourself to be present for the things that matter most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"You can also change your daily schedule, as human beings our timeline consists of different activities and if done for a long time it becomes a habit, changing some aspects of your daily activities including your environment. For instance, rather than stay on your phone before sleeping, try reading a book, this will engage the mind more positively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"Go to church, mosque or synagogue, your spiritual nourishment is an important part of self-actualization, believing in someone greater than you who can offload your troubles will help clear your mind and decrease life stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Aletheia Luna, a prolific psychospiritual writer, author, and spiritual mentor, in her book The spiritual awakening process<\/a><\/em><\/strong> states that we attain self-awareness through six aspects, self-exploration( (\u201cwho am I really?<\/em>\u201d, \u201cI can\u2019t believe I did\/said\/believed that!<\/em>\u201d), self-discovery(moving from what to why), self-understanding (understanding the origins and reasons why you think, feel, and behave the way you do), self-love (being filled with compassion for ourselves and all that we\u2019ve been through), self-transformation (involves shedding old and limiting habits, perceptions, and compulsions that were created by our ego) and self-mastery( balancing our inner and outer worlds, emotions and actions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We attain self-realization when we stop identifying with the limited ego and attaching to the soul, instead, recognize ourselves as the same as the Divine. It involves Moving past a sense of \u201cme,\u201d \u201cmine,\u201d and \u201cI am\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Who are you? Can you fully answer that question without uncertainty? Are you only described by the constraints of your relationship, career or passion? Out here there is; the person your colleagues know, your family have been seeing, the person strangers give the first impression about. The person who knows the real you is you, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nasahafrica.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}