Every Level of Awareness
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Self-awareness doesn’t make any sense. When psychologist Tasha Eurich asked, 95% of people claimed to be self-aware. And it’s not surprising. You know what makes you laugh, what makes you snap, the songs you’d skip, and the friend you’d jump out of bed for at 3am. But after a decade of research, she discovered that only 10 to 15% of people actually are. And here’s the strange part: the people who are wrong feel exactly the same as the people who are right.
That’s because self-awareness isn’t a switch. It’s a ladder, and every rung feels like the top. So most of us stop climbing, never knowing there’s more above. So let’s see the whole ladder. Along the way, we’ll find the rung that traps almost everyone, what it takes to climb past it, and why a man whose brain was literally split in half holds the key to unlocking the final level.
00:00 Every Level of Awareness
01:11 Level 1 – Reaction
02:14 Level 2 – Recognition
09:15 Level 3 – Feeling
16:19 Level 4 – Reason
28:14 Level 5 – Reflection
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@ApertureThinking
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
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@MrRaggarRobban
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
My Cat Knows…
@Sackless_Jack
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
So is "Choice Blindness" when Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd would go back and forth…
"Rabbit Season!"
"Duck Season!"
then switch it around and watch him defend open season on him self haha
@killurbob3295
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
I took a huge dose of meth.. the last one i ever did..
Since that night. I see shadow people and rea translucent humanoids everywhere for 7 years now
They look and act like demons.. I think tbey just might be
Ive also encountered my Dopplegänger 3 times.. and i mean an exact copy not just a look alike
@itsGuissepe
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
All journeys occur in the imagination.
@nyx.20-V
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Hiii short question off topic. Do you live in Vienna? Weil Linie u4 I hahaha😂
@irinasolomina1800
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Man, you do have a degree in yapping. So many theatrics in presentation of the material. The practical essence of your videos could be way shortened.
@leafdriving
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
The Prime Directive – By Destiny
1) Opinions are based on Facts, which requires a basis of Evidence
2) Shallowness is the judgement of others, based on other than action, and must be called out when observed
3) Perspective is everything. You will never change anyone's mind until you change their perspective.
4) When it comes to Right and Wrong, Consequences are meaningless. What could possibly be worse than knowingly doing wrong
5) We are all equal, regardless of anything
@shwanbekas1
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
So the entire video is about donation and donation and donation so what everybody needs money from us nowadays
@JuanGMedranoSixx
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Self awareness is not a physical awareness. It's the understanding of how one's actions whether intentional or unintentional affect far beyond the self and why the individual self surrendering itself to any collective narrative and agenda without question negatively affects the collective by eliminating each individual self. Biological artificial intelligence at a cost of evolutionary consciousness. Self awareness has nothing to do with my feelings and everything to do with the conscious awareness the existence of life which exists regardless of "self" 15:30
@aleXander01723
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
2:59 baby community 🙂
@JuanGMedranoSixx
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Self awareness is lost in group think collective ideology. Curiosity is the key to the self as the quest to find the self is endless. Group think ideology eliminates curiosity by targeting and cancelling the curious which stand out as individuals in any group setting. 3:04
@Gillsystems
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
politics is living choice blindness
@zirconloco
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
was wondering if you could do a video on chick culling, it is not talked about enough and it will sicken you.
@ivanbordage5408
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Got the bike & toilet sorted out…this is frightening these people work important jobs/positions!
@AtmanMusicPlaylists
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
"There is no self" The Buddha 500 BC
@Mrsbellawitch
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Being self aware sucks, and doesn't come without a dark night of the soul. Do you have any idea how crazy it is to realize everything from worrying about money to worrying about your health all comes down to a guy you were with 25 years ago that hit you? So yeah, I'm worried about my health because I don't want to be murdered. That's a fun realization. Thank you very much dr Monroe.
@ericb2017
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
first time i’ve watched an ad all the way through. incoming FarmKind sub
@josephSwanson-w2c
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
How then did my dog understand this I shined a Lazer pointer to a mirror the dog ran to the mirror I quickly then pointed the laser behind him where he could only see it buy looking in the mirror he looked at the mirror then like he thought the laser didn't know he could see it in the mirror jumped around 180° and bit at the Lazer on the ground. Did this test multiple times same results he was a smart dog tho I could put sun glasses on him and he would run around with them on even pushing them back on his face when they started falling off have a video on youtube actually.
@drakeburnison6330
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
What happens when you become aware of the self being an illusion?
@tatiandbuttons
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Thank you for advocating for animals
@PrimalMindDocs
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Chi tiết khiến mình ấn tượng nhất là nghiên cứu của Tasha Eurich: 95% người tin rằng mình tự nhận thức tốt, nhưng chỉ 10–15% thực sự đạt được — và nhóm 'tưởng bở' lại cảm thấy y hệt nhóm đúng. Điều này gợi nhớ thí nghiệm split-brain của Gazzaniga: khi thể chai bị cắt, bán cầu trái vẫn thản nhiên bịa ra lời giải thích hợp lý cho hành động do bán cầu phải khởi xướng. Dường như bộ máy lý trí ở Level 4 (Reason) được thiết kế để 'kể chuyện' hơn là để thấy sự thật — càng giỏi lập luận, ta càng giỏi tự thuyết phục mình rằng mình đã ở đỉnh thang. Có lẽ vì thế nấc này mới bẫy được gần như tất cả mọi người, và chìa khóa của Level 5 (Reflection) nằm đúng ở chỗ Eurich gợi ý: bớt hỏi 'tại sao tôi như vậy' mà hỏi 'tôi đang thực sự làm gì' — nhận thức chỉ đầy đủ khi nó hướng ra ngoài thay vì quẩn quanh bên trong.
@gregwilliamsono9360
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Same with emotional intelligence
@annoythedonkey
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
I legit felt the hammer hit my hand. Anyone else?
@PhúcNguyễnHoàngThiên-f4e
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
can we awake the observation haki ??
@ГригорийКрикун
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Reading Elvar Oris’s hidden starseed knowledge felt like uncovering a secret portal to the universe. The way he talks about aliens and manifestation is so deep. After I applied what I learned, manifesting became so easy, I couldn’t believe how fast things started happening.
@weirfox
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Hard R magas are level one,.
Waaaaaa.
@ice13cube77
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Well said, one thing that has truly given me great perspective was consuming psilocybin mushrooms 🍄 by experiencing ego death,
i can say with certainty that if someone was truly self aware, they would not be able to be a functional human being,
Because when you are truly aware of the mental construct that builds your personal narrative, part of your reality collapses.
You begin to realize that you are much more then what the world has lead you to believe,
Are you a soul with a body or a body with a soul.
Does freewill exist? Or is that an illusion like everything else in this world?
I wonder…
@Largrig-p8d
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Love the choice of ad
@stasisum
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
“the only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing” ~ socrates
the more you learn, the more you realize how much you have yet to understand
stay curious, there's always another layer to discover
@dudeatos
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
3:50 other people might have mentioned this, but many animals that fail the mirror test only do so because vision isn't their primary sense. Many animals who primarily experience the world through smell, like dogs, do much better with a smell-oriented version of the test.
@metanekkoi6606
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Mental selfdecryption package:
We perceive sensations!
Each thing is itself.
Why question?
@GypsyChild-q4k3f
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
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@jeffreystewart9809
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Its really wild when you get to the point that you realize the scale is a circle. Its like you come right back around to realizing that there is no real "you" and that you're really still just an animal reacting to its environment. Only now you can think about it. 😂
It's absolutely hilarious. You go all the way up the scale just to see that you never actually left level one, and that the staircase contains ALL the levels simultaneously. 😂
@wonkywicks8908
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Thank you so much for today’s sponsor 🥹 less suffering for animals is also less suffering for humans and vice versa <3
@chrisklugh
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Every psychological struggle you have is a conflict between who you actually are, and who you learned to pretend to be. That's it. That's the entire field and depth of psychology compressed into one sentence. Who you think you are, and how everyone thinks you are are two different things. You sufferer the most when they are the most not aligned.
@bradyhansenart8617
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
You (the creators) should study the 12-links of interdependence. You’re missing some of the different types of awareness. Modern psychology, especially CBT comes from the 12 links. ✌️
@valentina752
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
I don't recommend watching this video if you are high
@MannyMusesAASB
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
The observer
@phpn99
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
It's a meaningless question.
"Who" and "You" : The individual in its frame of reference.
Which frame of reference ?
Which individual ? The residual/essential subjective self ? Or the objective self that occupies space and time ?
Does it matter ?
Answering the question presumes one would be able to hold absolute concept in one's understanding. I don't know if you've read Aristotle, Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Hume, Schopenhauer, or even Merleau-Ponty… but don't you think there is a limit to one's capacity to know ? Have you read the "Critique of Pure Reason" ? Hume's "A Treatise of Human Nature" ; Merleau-Ponty's "Phenomenology of Perception" —
@silentm999
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
20:45 Ages ago, I noticed the everyone always grabs things from the right side, so I always choose from the far left. Write and eat with my left hand, but sports and instruments are righty, and I do some things ambidextrous. Technically both handed.
@blazingdisciple
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
This sounds basically like the Johari Window. I learned about it on Smarter Everyday and it has 4 quadrants of self awareness. All referring to knowledge about yourself: what you know and others don't, what you know that others do, what you don't know and others don't, and what others know and you don't. That last quadrant (unknown to you but known by others) sounds like that final rung you describe and it requires deep relationships in order to learn for yourself. That one is very tough for most people, including myself, because I don't have that many deep relationships and it's kind of hard to ask someone to really think and honestly describe traits that you don't know about yourself. It makes both people quite vulnerable and is a very intimate discussion that involves a lot of self awareness and introspection from the 'other.' I can't imagine having that conversation with someone, honestly. I wish I could.
@pickyourownswitch
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
Excellent content. Been stuck at Level 4 for a very long time.
@popethyniawncariad6705
October 19, 2026 at 8:59 am
This was so helpful. The things i've learned here have been a blessing. I carve myself up pretty good, & maybe being without the mirror for a while can fracture you a little. But one probably unintended effect of "your you is only seen by you" was comfort for me, because feeling at home inside myself has been a labored part of the journey, and this actually stepped it up. But the whole mishmash might be part of the narration too.
Very cool, …
Funny side note: I love biking. As a teen and troubled (& coming out💟) I reached for the activity of getting up at 5 and biking alone down the long rural roads of N. Muskegon. It was a singular joy.🌌 The stars framed by trees, how long could i safely look up? It was dark so I didnt see Duck Lake but I felt it as I rode past.
And when I got older i could feel so complete riding a bike in daylight i'd think 'the world and i and living itself makes sense this way'
And when you asked if we knew how a bike worked, i shook my head with an emphatic No🤣 not a damn clue… (grateful for the follow-up😃)… but i'm a queer duck. Love this one, stupendous!!✨️☀️👏☺️