Self Remembering App

A phone app that helps people become more aware.

Core Concepts

  • Purpose: Both self-remembering and being present aim to connect with higher centers.
    • Being Present: Focuses on the moment, an inherent part of higher states.
    • Self-Remembering: Focuses on remembering the self, vividly experienced in higher states.
  • Situational Adaptation:
    • Different psychological states require different efforts:
      • Self-Remembering: Suitable when forgetting oneself in routine tasks.
      • Being Present: Helps when thoughts drift into past/future (e.g., anxiety).
    • Emotional engagement is essential to sustain efforts.
  • Weakness of the Moment:
    • Efforts target specific vulnerabilities:
      • In love: Be present when with the person but avoid over-identification.
      • In separation: Use being present to avoid past/future distractions.

The Nine Efforts

  1. Self-Observation:
    • Observing specific inner traits (e.g., vanity, tension) to understand how they block higher centers.
    • Helps differentiate essence from false personality.
  2. Being Present:
    • Maintaining attention in the present moment, avoiding thoughts of past and future.
    • Simple acknowledgment: “I am here, in this moment.”
  3. Self-Remembering:
    • Actively remembering oneself and one’s presence in a specific place or moment.
    • Combines observing the self and the environment.
  4. Not Identifying:
    • Detaching attention from objects or situations.
    • Example: While watching a movie, remember you are in the theater, not lost in the film.
  5. Divided Attention:
    • Balancing attention between inner awareness and external observation.
    • Example: While viewing art, remain aware of your own act of observing.
  6. Separating:
    • Useful in unpleasant situations.
    • Example: If experiencing pain, realize, “I am not my hand (or thoughts/emotions).”
  7. External Consideration:
    • Opposite of internal considering (e.g., worrying about others’ opinions).
    • Focus attention outward, being present with and attentive to others.
  8. Bringing Scale:
    • Enlarging perspective to reduce negativity.
    • Example: Recall the longevity of a friendship or the transient nature of life when upset.
  9. Stopping Thoughts:
    • Temporarily halting internal dialogue to create inner space.
    • Example: Practiced while listening to music, speaking, or walking.

Guiding Principles

  • Activation of Higher Centers:
    • Higher centers are underutilized; right efforts can awaken them.
    • Efforts focus on holding aspects of higher centers (e.g., presence or self-awareness) in consciousness.
  • Integration of Efforts:
    • Over time, efforts merge, encompassing multiple aspects simultaneously.
    • With practice, efforts shift from initiating higher states to sustaining them naturally.
  • Evolving Practices:
    • Advanced states may render some efforts unnecessary, as their qualities become intrinsic.
    • New practices emerge as inner work deepens.