Self Observation: The Awakening of Conscience: An Owner's Manual

by Red Hawk

This book is an in-depth examination of the much needed process of “self" study known as self observation. We live in an age where the “attention function" in the brain has been badly damaged by TV and computers-up to 90 percent of the public under age 35 suffers from attention-deficit disorder! This book offers the most direct, non-pharmaceutical means of healing attention dysfunction. The methods presented here are capable of restoring attention to a fully functional and powerful tool for success in life and relationships. This is also an age when humanity has lost its connection with conscience. When humanity has poisoned the Earth’s atmosphere, water, air and soil, when cancer is in epidemic proportions and is mainly an environmental illness, the author What is the root cause? And he boldly Failure to develop conscience! Selfobservation, he asserts, is the most ancient, scientific, and proven means to develop this crucial inner guide to awakening and a moral life. This book is for the lay-reader, both the beginner and the advanced student of self observation. No other book on the market examines this practice in such detail. There are hundreds of books on self-help and meditation, but almost none on self-study via self-observation, and none with the depth of analysis, wealth of explication, and richness of experience which this book offers. Red Hawk, author of 5 collections of poetry, was the Hodder Fellow at Princeton University (1992-93) and is currently a full professor at the University of Arkansas, Monticello. He has practiced self-observation for over 30 years, under the guidance of the Gurdjieff Society of Arkansas, meditation master Osho Rajneesh, and spiritual teacher, Lee Lozowick.

162 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 11, 2013

About the author

Red Hawk was the Hodder Fellow at Princeton University (1992-93) and currently a full professor at U. of Arkansas, Monticello. Author of 5 collections of poetry, he has been published in The Atlantic, Poetry, and Kenyon Review, and others journals. Red Hawk has given readings with Allen Ginsberg, Rita Dove, Miller Williams, Tess Gallagher, and Coleman Barks, and more than 70 solo-readings in the U.S. He has practiced self-observation for over 30 years, under the guidance of the Gurdjieff Society of Arkansasa, meditation master Osho Rajneesh, and spiritual teacher, Lee Lozowick.

Reviews

[Moody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you want to know who you are? Do you really want to know—not things about you, but who YOU really are? Reading this book is a good start or a handy step.

What a marvellous book for anyone who has ever wondered how to become enlightened. Red Hawk unravels the path of enlightenment in such a profound way!

Most books about reaching higher levels of consciousness are written by masters who have reached that level either through effort, luck, or destiny. Self-observation is different, at least if it gave me the impression that it’s written by someone who struggles with getting there, not a master but a person trying to understand themselves in the light of consciousness.

At times, I wondered if there was too much logic in it, and paradoxically, that’s the beauty of the book; it’s a dissection of the path of enlightenment. Take it or leave it, or don’t do either; just observe what it does to you.

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of the concepts in this book felt just a bit over my head and out of reach but “The Work” is something I’m trying to familiarize myself with and understand more in my own life which is why I tackled this book. There were some very good and interesting points made around self observation and emotional regulation.

[OuYangHaoBang · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good instruction for self observation

I think we need all to carry our own cross which meant we need to remain unmoved in the face of suffering so that the pain can be transcend.

[Jasmine Hawkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

great read

Great book overall. I learned something new that I never fully understood. I now will approach healing and change in a different way, coming from a place of acceptance vs. trying to change. 4 stars because I felt it was a bit repetitive that’s my only con.

[Cristobal · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting but difficult book meant for those interested in mindfulness and knowing themselves better. This book requires slow reading and some time for reflections to settle, but it is worth the effort.

[Shelby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and encourage all to read it.