self-inquiry
Questioning one's self
Self-inquiry is the practice of turning attention inward to examine one's own thoughts, beliefs, and identity.
In spiritual traditions, especially Advaita Vedanta, it refers to investigating the nature of the self through questions like "Who am I?" The aim is direct insight rather than intellectual analysis: Through self-inquiry, she discovered that her anxiety stemmed from old assumptions about worthiness.
Relating to elenctic inquiry
- examined lifeLife of deliberate introspection
- know thyselfImperative for introspection
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
identity · existence · questioning · truth · Descartes · cogito · skepticism · wisdom
Hindu philosophy denying separation
- atmanEternal inner self
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- witnessingSeeing something occur
- nondualityAbsence of fundamental separation
enlightenment · awakening · consciousness · liberation · moksha · Vedanta · guru · meditation
Observing one's own mind
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- shadow workExploring unconscious aspects
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
patterns · beliefs · triggers · wounds · healing · inner critic · subconscious · motives
Socratic
Relating to elenctic inquiry
- examined lifeLife of deliberate introspection
- know thyselfImperative for introspection
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
consciousness · identity · existence · questioning · truth · Descartes · cogito · skepticism · wisdom · reflection
Advaita
Hindu philosophy denying separation
- atmanEternal inner self
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- witnessingSeeing something occur
nonduality · enlightenment · awakening · consciousness · liberation · moksha · Vedanta · guru · meditation · presence
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- shadow workExploring unconscious aspects
insight · patterns · beliefs · triggers · wounds · healing · inner critic · subconscious · motives · behaviors
- contemplationcontemplation, meditation, reflection, pondering, musing
- introspectionintrospection, soul searching, looking inward, soul-searching, inner dialogue
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- self-reflectionjournaling, introspection, soul-searching, contemplation, reflective writing
- innerinner, inward, internal, within, interior
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
self-inquiryempirical research
Investigation grounded in observation
scientific investigation · outward-looking · scientific inquiry · field research
self-inquiryself-denial
Restraining one's own desires
repression · suppression · evasion · escapism · self-deception
self-inquiryunexamined life
mindlessness · thoughtlessness · going through the motions · autopilot · obliviousness
self, question, inquiry, selfless, query, inquire, inquisition, selfhood