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The real issue is not time management; it’s self-awareness management. Just as you’re saying: how do we manage our awareness? In essence, that is our sādhana. It goes back to that little mantra that I use for myself: "What’s the best investment of my attention right now?" Anyway, it’s another slide; I won’t go too much further, but yes, to answer your question, it’s really to know where to put our awareness—where to point it.
The first thing is to become aware. This is congruent with Judson Brewer’s writings in psychology; he talks about how, before you can get out of a habit loop, the first step is awareness. You have to be aware that you’re in one; otherwise, you don’t come out of it. It’s like with a movie: sometimes you don’t even know you’re watching a movie until somebody turns on the lights. Or you might not even know you’re scrolling until, all of a sudden, the internet goes out and there’s nothing there, and then you go, "Oh my God, where was I?"
So, the first thing is awareness management. We have to know that we are aware. It’s also about: where are we placing our awareness at any given moment. Yes, we should have a hierarchy of investments and understand, 'Where’s the best investment of my awareness?' We should manage our awareness—so that’s practice. One way that we can come into this sense of the importance of managing our awareness in the next slide is the 'Lotus Drop,' and that is...(0:46:30)
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