We are all time-travellers insofar as we all progress with time. It is always the eternal now. We always have the past with us in our present in terms of recall.
Self-analysis's usefulness is limited by our understanding of the fundamentals of our philosophy. If our premises are false, our logic is not in line with reality...hence, wrong decisions; poor judgment.
The more accurate our understanding of our fundamental, basic philosophical keystones are, the closer in line with reality our value judgments may be. Otherwise we risk false equifinality which leads, or can lead to, future poor judgment due to faulty implementation of reason / logic.
When we can (through, oftentimes painful, journeys through the fires of Chapel Perilous) face our demons and conquer them, only then can we start to understand and implement the art of living. We cannot conquer our demons without first facing them. All too often we decide to give in to their 'will' and 'run with the devil' as opposed to standing up to them and knocking them down so that they can no longer hinder our progression and our evolution as individuals. This act of standing our own ground will usually be rather difficult as it is foreign to us and uncomfortable as hell (terminology meant literally), but there really is (in my experience) no other way to reduce these (formidable in actuality) 'demons' which hinder our everyday lives and every subsequent value judgment (i.e. every decision we make) and, hence, how we live our lives.
This may not have the intellectual impact on the reader that it should, so please go back and re-read this last paragraph because every decision, and hence, every act one performs, is based on your philosophy. The problem tends to be that most peoples' philosophy is not delineated nor is it clarified or articulated to an extent that said individual's understanding of oneself is sufficient for actual understanding of overall reality, specifically the reality one finds oneself in.
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