How often we know 'what to do' before the incident, we also know 'what we should have done' after the incident, and yet, our own knowledge betrays us during the incident! We have solutions to all the problems of the world, and yet, we aren't able to solve our own problems. Why?

 

There is no dearth of knowledge; in fact, there is obsessive accumulation of knowledge. The irony is that our knowledge and our experiences are running parallel to each other. They need to be bridged and that bridge is self-awareness. One of the greatest gifts to mankind is this gift of self-awareness. Man alone can analyse his own experiences and improve himself. Man alone can not only study a subject, but also become the subject of his own study.

 

Self-awareness must be nurtured and developed. How? By practicing introspection at the close of every day. What is introspection? Everyday, before going to sleep, practice a mental run of all your experiences of that day. Recall each one of them. Pat yourself wherever you think you think you were right. Analyse your mistakes and ask yourself what else you could have done. Introspection will awaken your inner voice, which, in turn will awaken you. You will find motivation to do more and more of what is right, and you will also discover through introspection that you are not repeating your mistakes.

 

Make introspection your dinacharya and everything about you and hence everything about your life will change. Through introspection you will discover the Guru within….