The phrase "engage in introspection" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of looking inward and examining one's own thoughts and feelings. For example, "Whenever I am feeling overwhelmed, I like to take a few moments to engage in introspection and reflect on my emotions."
Saturday, Balinese Hindus were urged to remain silent and engage in introspection.
"After chasing away the evil spirits, we have Nyepi to purify our minds, to reflect on what we did in the past year and to engage in introspection," said Made Mastra, 52, the neighborhood chief.
Re "Olmert Says Israel Must Leave West Bank" (news article, Sept. 30) and "As Holy Days Mix in Old City, So Do Wary Jews and Muslims" (Jerusalem Journal, front page, Sept. 29): Apparently imbued with the spirit of the Jewish High Holy Days, which obligate Jews to engage in introspection and repentance, the departing Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has had a change of heart.
It is common to engage in introspection about where we are in our jobs and careers.
"You think you are tasting coffee – but if you engage in introspection, you realise it's actually a smell that is misperceived as a taste".
The purported epistemic and metaphysical directness of introspection does not imply that we are either infallible or omniscient about our own states, since it is an open question whether we routinely engage in introspection.
Michael Cavanagh, the JP Morgan executive who conducted the bank's internal investigation, opened his testimony by proudly noting that the bank had engaged in "introspection" and was "determined to be a better company because of this experience".
Similarly, a member of Shenzhen's education department played it down as a "misunderstanding" and said the teachers involved were "engaged in introspection", Beijing News reports.
I write a lot about engaging in introspection, learning to respect and value yourself and only then to explore what you are looking for in a man.
"You should never engage in unsupervised introspection".
However, when assessing our own bad choices, we tend to engage in elaborate introspection.
