| Be conscious of your mind. (Pun intended.) Have | | | | thoughts. |
| you heard the phrases, "What were you thinking?" | | | | Gather your own opinions. What do you think |
| or "What was going on in your head when you did | | | | about thus-and-so? When you know what your |
| (said) that?" Do not be a person who is unaware | | | | opinions are ahead of time, you can respond with |
| that you have a mind. And that mind is constantly | | | | those opinions when the time is appropriate. Know |
| churning with mental activity. | | | | what your prejudices are. (Prejudices are |
| Most people, you do not want to be one of them, | | | | pre-judgments you have made about people and |
| have no idea what is going in their minds. That is, | | | | things.) This way you can know what you are |
| they have no knowledge of their thought | | | | going to say or do when you meet someone or |
| processes until after something is done or said | | | | something you are prejudiced toward. |
| that they wish they could take back. They even | | | | What does this do for you? Knowing your own |
| often ask themselves, "Now, where did that | | | | mind makes you have a better life. Yes, I believe |
| come from?" | | | | that knowing your own mind makes for a better |
| So, how does one become conscious of one's | | | | life. When you speak or act, out of a known |
| mind? Stop and listen to the inner dialogue (or | | | | consciousness, you are proactive from a position |
| diatribe) that is like a constantly flowing river in | | | | of knowledge, not of ignorance. I think you easily |
| your brain. But you've got to stop and listen. You | | | | recognize that living out of knowledge is the |
| cannot know what you are thinking until you take | | | | better way to go. It makes for a better life. |
| the time to sit or stand quietly and hear what | | | | Acting out of ignorance, unconsciousness, means |
| your thoughts are. The average person has no | | | | that your life will be haphazard at best, and filled |
| trouble doing this. Take your mind off other | | | | with catastrophes, at worst. So, act and speak |
| things, in a time of quiet, and listen to your own | | | | out of consciousness, beginning right now. |