You’ve doubtlessly heard the idiom: “It’s all in your head.” That phrase is typically used for fantasies. But actuality is in your head too. However you construe what’s going on, that process is in your mind, using your imagination.

Everything you cherish, all your loved ones, everything you want, everything you know and have done, whatever troubles you: it’s all in your mind. The world may seem like it’s “out there,” but it’s how you construe the world that matters. The quality of your life is set by what you put your attention to and what you believe. What that means is simple: work your mind properly and you have a glorious life. You suffer if you don’t work your mind properly: that you already know.

Your awareness is how alive you are. The ability to be alive is called consciousness. If you are not conscious, you are dead to the world. If you are conscious, then your awareness defines how well you perceive and interact with the world. People of low awareness are called “dim.” Those who are quite aware are “bright.” Such labels indicate that there are levels of awareness.

Let’s put on our philosophy tuxedo and get formal with our definitions. Consciousness is the ability to be aware. Awareness is the exercise of consciousness. In other words, consciousness is the platform for awareness. Your consciousness defines how aware you can be. Your awareness reflects your level of consciousness.

You can permanently raise your level of consciousness. Doing so makes you mentally healthy. With a higher level of consciousness, not only do you become more aware: you become smarter, more in control, calmer, and downright blissful. In short, more than anything else, your awareness defines the quality of your life.

You can readily tell when people are dimmer than you. Stupid people are obviously so. When it comes to consciousness level, it’s easy to look down.

Conversely, you might have some idea that some people are brighter than you. But you cannot conceive of how bright they are. While it’s easy to look down when it comes to consciousness, it is hard to look up. You’re just not that bright.

What that means is that it’s hard for you to imagine what raising your level of consciousness will do for you. Consider this. You’ve had times when you were “on”: moments when you knew what was going on, had it together, felt in control, and made the right move. Well, raise your level of consciousness and you are “on” all the time.

Some assume that people who are “enlightened” are mellow and so content that they lack ambition. Wrong. Elevating your awareness lets you become your true self. Raising your consciousness level is a purification process that rids you of what’s been holding you back and amplifies your inner strength and interpersonal power. Upgrade your awareness and you will realize your potential. As your consciousness level ascends, you become your true being.

You were born to struggle. What’s worse, you were set to suffer. Your mental forces are not united in serving your well-being.

Mental illness is common because people do not know how the mind works, and so do not how to work their mind for consistently good results. Ignorance is not bliss. What you don’t know can hurt you.

Superior Awareness is a personal service that guides you to health, both mentally and physically. In short, Superior Awareness is a program for cognitive enhancement.

Superior Awareness tells you what you need to know to make the most of your life. Superior Awareness gives you the skills for greater inner strength and interpersonal power. Whereas those with dim awareness and weak minds suffer, bright, strong minds thrive.

You suffer because you believe what pops into your head. You are a tool of your mind. You end your suffering by reversing that: by using your mind as a tool. That sounds so easy: stop being a tool of your mind and start using your mind as a tool. Alas, breaking ingrained mental habits is hard. But it can be done. If you are determined, a better you will emerge. Superior Awareness is the guide you need to succeed.

Your success will profoundly change your world for the better. Putting an end to your suffering is just the beginning of living a richer life.

The Superior Awareness program uses knowledge and proven techniques known to the wise since antiquity. “The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness,” wrote Aristotle.

Superior Awareness blends ancient wisdom with discoveries made by modern science to give you the path to personal excellence. There is no other program that is so cogent, comprehensive, and scientifically correct as Superior Awareness.

Superior Awareness holds the promise for you to transcend suffering, to become the person you always wanted to be. Superior Awareness will be a life-changing experience if you dedicate yourself to ridding yourself of your bad habits. Some of those habits keep you suffering, yet you (and others) think they are okay. If you are studious about your Superior Awareness lessons and rigorous with your Superior Awareness program, you will find Superior Awareness the best investment you ever made.

Modern clinical psychology is based on the premise that good thoughts can cure bad thoughts. Talk therapy may make you feel good for a while. But it offers no cure. That’s because counseling only addresses symptoms while ignoring the cause. You cannot remedy troubling thoughts with pleasant thoughts. That is not how your mind works. In contrast to analytic jaw-jaw, Superior Awareness cures the cause of mental illness.

Another pop psychology misdirection is mindfulness, which has you monitor your thoughts (metacognition). Monitoring your mind only lessens awareness. Thought is just a useless distraction. The ancient Indian guru Visistha wisely observed, “Though appearing to be intelligent, thought is unable to comprehend anything really.”

The Superior Awareness method maximizes awareness by having you keep your attention on what is going on, not what pops into your head. The foundation of skill is awareness, not what you think or think you know. There is no substitute for paying attention.

The lynchpin psychologists miss is that there are levels of consciousness. They don’t know this because they suffer like you. They may have empathy and a PhD, but they can’t tell you the cause of your mental illness or its cure.

Superior Awareness teaches you how to elevate your very level of being. The wisdom of Superior Awareness is the same as spiritual gurus have taught since antiquity, but presented concisely and conveniently, in an easy-to-read format.

“If things were simple, word would have gotten around,” reminds French philosopher Jacques Derrida. The mind is a complex tool. Only those with a high level of consciousness can comprehend how the mind works and convey that knowledge to help others. Orthodox psychology is based upon concepts and values of those living at lower levels of awareness, who devise false schemes and push coping strategies despite misunderstanding mental dynamics. By contrast, Superior Awareness presents a simple, holistic approach that is practical and inspires you to be your best because you understand how your mind works.

Your mind is an appliance. The only way to work an appliance well is to know how it works.

Living well is a skill. The only way to develop any skill is self-control. Living well takes discipline. “Through discipline comes freedom,” advised Aristotle.

Education is the gateway to knowledge. Knowledge is the basis of skill. The greatest skill is knowing how to make the best use of your mind.

Superior Awareness gives you the education you need to maximize your skill in living well. You provide the necessary self-discipline.

All the world’s religions were founded upon the teachings of gurus: people who had elevated their consciousness to the highest level and shared their knowledge. Higher awareness opens the door to wisdom. Interestingly, all guru teachings throughout history have taught the same key to awareness ascension: quiet the mind.

Superior Awareness is not a religion. Superior Awareness does not teach a faith or belief system: quite the contrary. The Superior Awareness program is a science that provides practical principles: guidance on how to deal with your inner and outer worlds. In short, Superior Awareness is a concise education that you can get nowhere else.

Superior Awareness works for you because you work the program at your own pace. You control your own progress. The Superior Awareness web site is designed to let you track your progress and thereby move forward as your time permits.

Your mental health is decided by how you live. Living on autopilot is treacherous. Superior Awareness shows you how to take charge.

The Superior Awareness program guides you in taking control of your awareness. Further, Superior Awareness reveals wisdom which gives you fresh perspectives on how to enjoy living to the fullest, including optimizing your relationships. Superior Awareness tells how to get healthy and stay healthy, as easily as it can be done, with tips that are surprisingly seldom given. Superior Awareness also provides insight into optimizing your career and working with others.

Superior Awareness can guide you to the highest level of consciousness: something no other mental health program offers. Superior Awareness is unique in inexpensively presenting online an extensive self-help course that also provides an education in psychology, comity, and management. The core teachings and recommended practices of Superior Awareness have been taught by leaders since antiquity. In his studies, Superior Awareness author Ishi Nobu has been impressed with how consistently the maxims of mental health and personal realization have been taught throughout history. Those lessons are the heart of the Superior Awareness program.

The Superior Awareness program is this: control your awareness and believe nothing. That sounds simple but is hard to do. The difficulty lies in overcoming longstanding mental habits. Knowing how your mind works helps you triumph.

Superior Awareness tells you how your mind works and how to be socially graceful. You get the knowledge you need to succeed in life.

What is most important is your practice of the simple instructions that Superior Awareness gives. The Superior Awareness program gives you a pivot point to transform yourself to living with bliss as your inner companion.

What you learn from Superior Awareness will change the way you think. What you practice from the Superior Awareness program will change your life. In both instances, the changes are profound in ways that you simply cannot anticipate.

Superior Awareness is a self-guided learning program. The Superior Awareness site is basically a multi-level online guidebook. You progress from one level to the next by passing a quiz, which assures you that you have the knowledge you need to proceed. The critical part of Superior Awareness is your disciplined practice of fostering inner silence and thereby elevating your awareness.

The one-time cost of your lifetime membership to Superior Awareness varies depending on country: people in wealthier nations pay more. The highest price is $111.

Superior Awareness is for the elite: people who want to make the most of their lives: individuals with the will to excellence. Superior Awareness is not for the weak, not for those who do not want to express their full potential.

If you enjoy dimmers – drugs which lower awareness – then Superior Awareness is not for you. For instance, if you regularly drink alcohol or smoke marijuana, then the Superior Awareness program is beyond you. Those who weaken themselves through self-medication are not fit for Superior Awareness. If you are a dimmer consumer and feel affronted in reading this, your disqualification goes even deeper.

Smoking tobacco is a nasty habit that destroys your health, all for mere moments that relax you a bit. Cigarette smokers are pathetically weak-willed. If you smoke, you do not have the fortitude for Superior Awareness.

You will likely find Superior Awareness a serious challenge if you are a habitual thrill seeker, such as spending countless hours playing video games. Superior Awareness teaches you the value of calming your mind. Thrill seekers are addicted to feeding their folly. The goals of seeking thrills and elevating consciousness are incompatible.

For those comfortable with their firm beliefs, Superior Awareness will be an intellectual challenge: not in comprehending the content – which is readily understood – but in appreciating the sensibility of Superior Awareness teachings. Curiosity and skepticism are critical mental tools for sensible learning. If you don’t have them, the benefits of Superior Awareness will elude you.

The core teachings of Superior Awareness are downright counterintuitive. That’s because your biological programming is set for you to suffer in iğnorance. To stop suffering, you will need to discard some lifelong habits and adopt some new ones. If you are determined to better yourself, you’ll start seeing results quickly.

In sum, Superior Awareness is for those who value excellence and are serious about living a good life. For ill-disciplined, weak-minded souls, Superior Awareness won’t prove worthwhile.

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Click on the title “Introduction to Elevating.” You can read that introductory lesson without becoming a member. Select “How to use the Superior Awareness site?” to learn more about using this site.