08-25-2008, 12:18 PM
How can I get to know myself? And when I will know this?
The answer is: "you have to discover yourself". Self discovery is the discovery of your path in life. Namely that path, which will bring you real joy. And when you self discover yourself, you will get to know yourself. Why is self discovering so important? You may find the answer in the following Jerry Gills' words: "You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need".
So the identifying marks, showing that you discovered yourself, are the abundance of energy and imagination that will overflow you, while you follow that particular discovered path. But there is also one very important identifying mark of self discovery, which accompany the first two. And this is self acceptance. Not any kind of acceptance, but that acceptance which indicates your success in life. This is very well phrased by Ben Sweet: "The greatest success, is successful self acceptance". This means that your works may be great and wonderful, but if you didn't come to a successful self acceptance, you still may be unhappy. For instance, a celebrity Hollywood actor and actress, could still be unhappy, regardless to their fortune. The whole world could accept them as famous ones. But this doesn't matter, if they didn't accept themselves as successful people. And I am not talking about their Hollywood smiles and show off display of happiness. I am talking about the state of their mind, when they are one on one with themselves.
So the third factor, - successful self acceptance, - is so important in recognizing the event of self discovery.
And when you come to that point in your life of successful self discovery, you feel beyond any doubts:"Now I know myself".
The answer is: "you have to discover yourself". Self discovery is the discovery of your path in life. Namely that path, which will bring you real joy. And when you self discover yourself, you will get to know yourself. Why is self discovering so important? You may find the answer in the following Jerry Gills' words: "You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need".
So the identifying marks, showing that you discovered yourself, are the abundance of energy and imagination that will overflow you, while you follow that particular discovered path. But there is also one very important identifying mark of self discovery, which accompany the first two. And this is self acceptance. Not any kind of acceptance, but that acceptance which indicates your success in life. This is very well phrased by Ben Sweet: "The greatest success, is successful self acceptance". This means that your works may be great and wonderful, but if you didn't come to a successful self acceptance, you still may be unhappy. For instance, a celebrity Hollywood actor and actress, could still be unhappy, regardless to their fortune. The whole world could accept them as famous ones. But this doesn't matter, if they didn't accept themselves as successful people. And I am not talking about their Hollywood smiles and show off display of happiness. I am talking about the state of their mind, when they are one on one with themselves.
So the third factor, - successful self acceptance, - is so important in recognizing the event of self discovery.
And when you come to that point in your life of successful self discovery, you feel beyond any doubts:"Now I know myself".