The path to conscious living
Life means only one thing to live consciously. How can I do that? ( Read it, because it pays off )
This is my first article on Medium. My name is Markus, and I am 38 years old. I have been dealing with myself and the improvement of my ego since I was 14 years old.
I am happy that I can now share my experiences and insights here on Medium.com.
So, let’s start.
We have a huge problem in our society: the problem of lying to ourselves, and that goes on around the clock.
Most people, when asked if they are liars, deny this. However, the fact that they lie to themselves does not seem to count.
What you have to learn is to observe yourself as an outsider. Not to judge or evaluate yourself in any way.
But how can I observe myself from the outside?
This works in small steps. Please don’t try to do this too fast because habits that have been trained over decades and passed on to us by our ancestors for thousands of years can be untrained within minutes, hours, or weeks. This process can take years or a lifetime to complete. What sounds like a long time at first is not long at all because it is enough to start on this path to observe…