Self-Critical Nature

Self-Critical Nature

Self-critical nature is something that occurs within us daily. They say "You are your own worst critic." We constantly judge and second-guess our actions, scrutinizing ourselves with hindsight. Thinking is directly connected to our emotions, and face it, our emotions often get in the way of our actual desires. Do we really need to criticize ourselves? Perhaps we shouldn't be so hard on ourselves. The moment we make a mistake and realize it in life, we feel deep emotional pain. None of us want to be reminded of our mistakes, yet the human condition keeps us bound to the negative.

How Self-Critical Nature Happens

Self-critical nature occurs often at the worst times in life. When we are at work, when we are lying in bed, when we are enjoying dinner with our family, it hits us: we begin to pick at the very depths of our spirit and mind. "Why did I let that happen at work?" Why do I believe in that?" "How can I think that I'm good when every keeps walking out of my life?" "Why did I let myself forget to buy that at the store?" The thoughts and questions go on and on in our mine, ourselves picking apart what is the incomplete human conscious, leading ourselves to anger and depression. Why does our strongest tool in life, the human mind, get to us? Quite simply, we might argue life is pain. However, we must make the best of what we have in this life, trying our best to channel out the distractions in life that make us second guess ourselves.

Self-Critcal Nature, the two Edged Sword

Man and woman were never made to be so self-conscious. Consciousness is a bit of an altered state. If our consciousness shifts to negative, desolate thoughts and karma, we become that very thing our mind is focused on becomes our reality. If we begin to dissect our actions there is really only two outcomes: we find what we did wrong, and then we attempt to not repeat our mistake. Otherwise, we tend to brood and the glass will always be half-empty. Neither outcome is needed, as we can instantly realize when we gained bad karma. The ultimate reality, nirvana, is when we become not only self-conscious but also we will accept the ultimate truth on all things, including our own actions and consequences. We must be aware of our mistakes and accept them in a positive manner.

At night we all tend to recall how our days went. Some days, we may lay in bed awake for hours analyzing what went wrong during the day. We might think of how to prevent that from happening again. However, there is nothing wrong with our mistakes or when the conscious human nature is in effect. Suffering is all apart of the human experience. To eliminate suffering is our ultimate task to receiving enlightenment. If we can be both self-conscious and not suffer, we have discovered a true gift and indeed enlightenment.


Conclusion


We realize that self-critical nature can be both bad and good, and is all a part of the human experience. The human mind is the most conscious entity in the world, and it's most critical thoughts and beliefs occur when dissecting it's own actions. We can not be bound to our own regret if we are ever able to become completely enlightened. The ultimate reality has no place for hindsight. We must make the best of this life, and understand after we take an action that there is no turning back. Life was meant to be lived, and life must be lived with no regret.