# Self knowledge Self knowledge is better than [[read]]ing. It is better than knowing what experts would do. I can read what studies say about an activity or I can pay attention while doing it. Then there is long term stuff... Long term stuff is really hard to observe if its good or not Mild stuff is also hard to observe. And then effects that are easily conflated... ex. 5-htp ## Examples where I'm not sure how to explore - Is reading good for me? - What does the literature say? How does it make me feel? - [[comparison]]s ## Examples of literature misleading me - [[marijuana]] ## There has also been... intuition --> literature review --> further awareness ## Examples of self inquiry - [[I can do hard things|hard things]] - [[mindfulness]] - [[meditation]] ## Realms of self knowledge - #Physiology and [[0 The Body]] - [[habits]] and [[my tendencies]] - [[true self]] vs [[false self]] - #Unfinished ## Related - [[Brthwork the science of breathing]] - [[Experiment]] - [[listen]] - [[0 Logs]] #Log - [[cues]] #Cue - #Self/Wisdom