Tag: Perception Training

3 way split image - man meditating, someone drawing, someone doing energy work Apr 6, 2026

How Different Practices Train Awareness: Meditation, Drawing, and Energy Work

People are trying to become more aware. They take up meditation, experiment with drawing or other creative practices, and explore Reiki or energy work. Progress often feels inconsistent. Most people assume these practices are doing the same thing. That assumption is what causes progress to stall. Each one trains awareness in a different way. When that distinction is not clear, it is easy to stop too early or assume something is not working, when in reality a different capacity is being developed.

Image of a head in correct proportions and a child's drawing of a head next to it Mar 23, 2026

Why Do People Draw Symbols Instead of What They See?

Most people feel reasonably confident that they could draw a face from memory. Try a simple experiment. Take a sheet of paper and draw a head. Place the eyes where they belong, then add the nose and mouth. When psychologists examine these drawings, a consistent pattern appears. Anatomically, the eyes sit roughly halfway between the top of the head and the chin. In drawings produced from memory, the eyes are usually placed noticeably higher than this midpoint. The same pattern appears in children and adults across many cultures.

Title card for What is Awareness featuring bright colours and abstract shapes Mar 16, 2026

What Is Awareness and Can It Be Trained?

The word awareness appears everywhere in mindfulness, meditation, and personal development. People speak about “raising awareness” or “living with awareness,” yet the word itself is rarely defined with any precision. Because of that, many people assume awareness refers to something mystical or abstract, perhaps a rare mental state reached only through years of spiritual practice.