February 22, 2010
Know yourself
Categories Thoughts, Philosophy Comments (2)
We are, what we think we are, that's what the Buddha said - and no matter how you understand this statement, it's true - and you can take it literally. Now, here's the first problem: instead of trusting ourselves, and believing in ourselves - we believe what other tell us. You'll maybe say now, that a person is defined by his/her environment, therefore - there's no choice. That's not true of course; even though we're define by our environment - there's a choice, actually, a path on which we can step; the path of self-exploration, - self-realization. So, the exploration of our inner world. The realization who we are, and what's our purpose. And this realization shouldn't be just something shallow - but should be deep - philosophical and spiritual experience.
When realize who you are, you won't need grasp on the words anymore - and hope people will say something good about you, so that you could feel a bit better, and you won't have to hope, that people won't say something bad, which could made you sad.
This is the point on which you know who you are - they have right to their opinion - but you know, so you don't have to (and you don't) react emotional.