The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Metacognition — The Awareness of Thinking

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"The best parts of you are hidden where you're most afraid to look."

— Michael Benner, "Fearless Intelligence"

Hello AWMS subscriber :

René Descartes is most famous for his philosophical statement, "I think, therefore I am" ("Cogito, ergo sum"). He was not wrong, but perhaps incomplete.

How do we think? What is it that produces and observes thought? The fundamental nature of "I am" is not thinking but consciousness, which, in turn, generates our thoughts and feelings. The awareness behind and beyond our thinking is called metacognition.

In our latest Ageless Wisdom podcast, we explore and develop our ability to observe our thought processes. By studying the mind this way, we will begin to recognize patterns and belief systems. Further, we can learn to understand ourselves better and make more appropriate decisions.

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— Michael

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Why You Must Learn to Meditate

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"The best parts of you are hidden where you're most afraid to look."

— Michael Benner, "Fearless Intelligence"

Hello AWMS subscriber :

Most people find their happiness restricted by countless problems — difficulties that often appear too complex to fully comprehend, much less manage.

Have you ever considered there may be a single issue at the root of this complexity — a prime cause of all suffering and discontent?

Emotional distress may arise out of loneliness, inferiority, shame and guilt, anger and hostility, or attachment to material things.

Dig even deeper, and you'll find fear — fear of the unknown, whether dangerous or not. But more importantly, at the core of all things unknown stands the Self.

All of our anxiety, sorrow, despair, and heartache come from the failure to understand who we truly are — why we think, feel, and behave the way we do.

The personal development field transcends psychology, philosophy, and theology. And its main tool or technique is meditation.

Meditation is not difficult, but it does require practice. Better said, meditation is a practice — the skill we must develop to be self-aware, also known as consciousness or love.