| '''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. |