Twenty-five years ago I taught Self Mastery in the Business Department of Assumption College. Based on Eduardo Morato’s Self Mastery, there are different kinds of learning we must pursue: learning how to think, to feel, to intuit, to lead, to do, to communicate, to be, and to wonder. I also introduced students to remote viewing and remote sensing - topics that are growing popular in our current quantum age.
Self Mastery is among the most elusive quests. For many, a lifetime still isn’t enough. To become the best version of ourselves requires the full use of brain, heart, and spirit. The journey toward the ultimate self begins with thinking. This means engaging the rational, analytical, and critical mind, while also embracing the associative, creative, systemic, and integrative mind. It is about balancing two modes of knowing: the clear, logical reasoning and the subtler, intuitive sense of understanding that “knows” without always needing a reason.
Alongside thinking, there is learning to feel. The emotional mind allows us to sense, empathize, and connect with others on a deeper level. Feeling invites us into a more sensitive, sensual, and stimulating dimension of life, where meaning is often born not from argument alone but from resonance and care.
Next comes learning to intuit. Intuition isn’t a mystery forgotten in the shadows of logic; it is another powerful form of knowing that operates beyond step-by-step deduction. It suggests directions, hypotheses, and possibilities that data alone might not reveal.
Then there is learning to do. Action translates thought and feeling into real-world outcomes. It is the bridge from the inner landscape to the outer world, where plans are tested and refined through effort, discipline, and practice.
Communication follows, with the art of transmitting and receiving messages. It ranges from the trivial to the profoundly meaningful, shaping how we share knowledge, align efforts, and build trust. Good communication is a practice of clarity, listening, and adaptation to the needs of others.
Leading comes next. To lead is to elevate the self while guiding others toward common goals, assuming responsibility, and accepting personal accountability for those entrusted to us. Leadership is not merely about position; it is a daily practice of integrity, stewardship, and service.
Finally, there is learning to be and to wonder. Self-actualization and total human development culminate in being - an ongoing emergence of character, purpose, and presence. At the height of personal excellence, the pillars of wonder, a broader worldview, wisdom, the spiritual path, and the will to live converge. Wonderment opens us to awe and possibility; a wider worldview helps us see our place in a larger tapestry; wisdom offers discernment; walking the way of the spirit aligns actions with deeper values; and the will to live fuels resilience and purpose.
In the last era, the ideas of remote viewing and remote sensing - once seen as fringe - have found relevance in a world eager for new ways of seeing. They remind us that a trained, open, and disciplined mind can perceive realities beyond ordinary sight, and that science, sensing, and inner inquiry can illuminate the choices we make in business, leadership, and everyday life.
If we cultivate these eight kinds of learning - think, feel, intuit, lead, do, communicate, be, and wonder - we embark on a lifelong path of self-mastery. It may not guarantee perfection, but it promises a richer, more integrated life, where mind, heart, and spirit collaborate to transform not only the self but the world we touch.
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