| '''Introspection''' is the [[self]]-[[observation]] and reporting of [[conscious]] inner [[thoughts]], [[desires]] and sensations. It is a conscious mental and usually [[purposive]] [[process]] relying on [[thinking]], reasoning, and examining one's own thoughts, feelings, and, in more [[spiritual]] cases, one's [[soul]]. It can also be called [[contemplation]] of one's [[self]], and is contrasted with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrospection extrospection], the observation of [[things]] external to one's [[self]]. Introspection may be used synonymously with and in a similar way to [[human]] [[self]]-[[reflection]]. It is used greatly as a spiritual examination. | | '''Introspection''' is the [[self]]-[[observation]] and reporting of [[conscious]] inner [[thoughts]], [[desires]] and sensations. It is a conscious mental and usually [[purposive]] [[process]] relying on [[thinking]], reasoning, and examining one's own thoughts, feelings, and, in more [[spiritual]] cases, one's [[soul]]. It can also be called [[contemplation]] of one's [[self]], and is contrasted with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrospection extrospection], the observation of [[things]] external to one's [[self]]. Introspection may be used synonymously with and in a similar way to [[human]] [[self]]-[[reflection]]. It is used greatly as a spiritual examination. |
| In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Christianity Eastern Christianity], some of the [[concepts]] critical to addressing the needs of man such as [[sober]] introspection, called nepsis, are specific to watchfulness of the [[human]] [[heart]] and address the [[conflicts]] of the human [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nous ''nous'', [[heart]] or [[mind]]. Also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noesis noetic] [[understanding]] can not be circumvented nor satisfied by rationalizing or discursive [[thought]] (i.e. systemization) | | In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Christianity Eastern Christianity], some of the [[concepts]] critical to addressing the needs of man such as [[sober]] introspection, called nepsis, are specific to watchfulness of the [[human]] [[heart]] and address the [[conflicts]] of the human [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nous ''nous'', [[heart]] or [[mind]]. Also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noesis noetic] [[understanding]] can not be circumvented nor satisfied by rationalizing or discursive [[thought]] (i.e. systemization) |