ABSTRACT
Buddhist meditative practices, in their magnificent varieties, recognize the importance of acknowledging one’s interior life.1 For there to be contemplative cultivation of the human mind, and total flourishing of one’s capacities, there must be an honest assessment of the habits of awareness. In order to asses the ordinary habits of awareness, Buddhist contemplative traditions have devised introspective techniques and composed personal-guidance texts for the practical application and instruction of contemplatives in discerning what is psychologically demeaning from what is psychologically enhancing within the life of the mind.
