Quote Originally Posted by FryingMan View Post
Mindfulness would be more appropriate IMO for self-awareness, it basically is self-awareness. As you mentioned, ADA focused on the external environment. While paying attention to anything raises awareness, it's not necessarily self-awareness.

As far as "how to" guide for self-awareness, I think mindfulness books are a great source. Some very approachable ones are "Mindfulness in Plain English" and "Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life". Another one I just heard about is "The Mindful Geek" which claims to approach the subject from a secular standpoint without any "spiritualism." I don't mind spirituality in books, but this one still might be interesting.

In a nutshell, feel yourself strongly present in the moment, for as long as you can, as much as you can. Avoid autopilot/mindless/zombie modes. Observe your emotions, reactions to experience, and work to control your reactions to experience as opposed to experience controlling you.
Going to read this book now and finish it today since its rather short. Man, I'm hoping this answers all my questions for awareness lol. If it does, this would be like another Bible for lucid dreaming just like ETWOLD, if not THE Bible. Well I'd say ETWOLD is the first Bible of lding since it really explains everything, but this book may be the bible for actually getting lucid.