First, we must know our true-self, for everything else will be perceived through the lens of identity. Well stated! I totally agree
What is more important to understand...
by Siddhashunyata 46 Replies latest jw friends
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Narkissos
Perhaps, that there is a limit to understanding.
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stillajwexelder
I vote for OURSELVES
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LittleToe
~puts hand up~
"Jehovah!"
~puts hand down~
Damn, flash back, flash back!!!
Another vote for "True Self" here:
"Know thyself!" -
gypsywildone
What James Thomas said :)
Pulls Shamus's muppet ears :)
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Siddhashunyata
Narkissos, you wrote : "Perhaps, that there is a limit to understanding." Please elaborate.
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Celtic
just be
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toreador
Live for today for tomorrow we may die. It would be nice to have them all understood.
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Sentinel
SELF IS MOST IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND: Who we really are when we are alone with ourselves. The image of our reflection in the mirror, that reflects through the eyes.. (for those with sight) Or feelings radiating from the heart & mind... (for those who may be blind)
However, in trying to understand our self, sometimes it might be necessary to test our thoughts and belief patterns, our perceptions of the world and our place in it.
/<
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zen nudist
you were born into your own mental inventions, no matter how you slice it, the only thing you have ever known and will ever know is your own minds interpretation and symbolization of reality, never reality itself, so you cannot know your true nature, ever, only your own dream about yourself.
there will always be some gap between what we experience as true and what is true...and that gap has no means of being bridged since we can never get outside our own mental universe to see its true source.
that is why understanding our limitations is more important in my opinion then understanding our true self which unless I am grossly mistaken, is impossible.