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Eastern Psychology, which is a separate body of work within Philosophy, forms
the basis of our journey towards 'know thyself'. Its objective is to impart
real understanding of objective truth that is based on actual experience.
The
process starts exclusively with oneself, because it is only through conscious
effort, generated by oneself that the ‘possibility’ of transformation &
lasting change exists.
‘Know
Thyself’ is to know that the difference between our ‘Essence’ and ‘Personality’
is, ‘Essence’ not ever needing to be anything else than itself. Considering
that our state of being attracts our life implies that a life lived from
essence, rather than from personality, leads to a much richer and direct
experience of people and the whole world of manifestations we live in.
Thus, we
will inevitably evolve into what we were created to be, which is obviously not
what we are in personality.
Our being
that is comprised of consciousness is an expression of our psychology, and the
aim of the process is to disempower non-conducive conditionings and patterns,
as well as deconstruct what is false and inauthentic, which are powerful
manifestations that obstruct our inner evolution and the development of a
lasting sense of ‘self’.
Hence,
it's well worth investing as much of the little amount of time we are given
into self-generated conscious effort that will ultimately evoke enough grace to
manifest a more permanent centre of gravitas within ourselves.
The
journey towards knowing what we are in essence is through simply realising what
we are not. This only can be accomplished by means of specific knowledge, which
is knowledge containing actual transformative ideas, of which the universal
idea of ‘observation’ is one of them.
Hence ‘great observation’ that lies above
the average kind of observation (which usually comes from a place where people
have already taken a position or opinion), is the key to self-study. However,
without the understanding that we can’t change what life keeps hidden from us
through the unknown, and whatever is unfolding at the point of the ever present
‘now’ as a consequence based on certain previous actions, the necessity of ‘great
observation’ does not even arise.
But the
moment someone has arrived at this level of understanding, our course of life
and the way we look at it, will inevitably change by opening up different
possibilities and ways of thinking that takes our attention inwards, which
ultimately might lead to ‘self-study’ or ‘know thyself’.
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