The author reflects that it is difficult to truly understand the self because the mind gets in the way and prevents realization of the self. The ego, mind, and ME are obstacles to enlightenment and realizing that we are not our body or mind but a divine soul. While people may understand this intellectually, true realization is difficult to achieve. The author has learned about understanding the self through various means, including examining their own thoughts and behaviors as if examining others. Their instructor emphasized appreciating who you are, having confidence in yourself, trusting yourself, and being a good role model for future generations.
The author reflects that it is difficult to truly understand the self because the mind gets in the way and prevents realization of the self. The ego, mind, and ME are obstacles to enlightenment and realizing that we are not our body or mind but a divine soul. While people may understand this intellectually, true realization is difficult to achieve. The author has learned about understanding the self through various means, including examining their own thoughts and behaviors as if examining others. Their instructor emphasized appreciating who you are, having confidence in yourself, trusting yourself, and being a good role model for future generations.
The author reflects that it is difficult to truly understand the self because the mind gets in the way and prevents realization of the self. The ego, mind, and ME are obstacles to enlightenment and realizing that we are not our body or mind but a divine soul. While people may understand this intellectually, true realization is difficult to achieve. The author has learned about understanding the self through various means, including examining their own thoughts and behaviors as if examining others. Their instructor emphasized appreciating who you are, having confidence in yourself, trusting yourself, and being a good role model for future generations.
My experience is that it is not possible to understand the self because the
moment we attempt to understand the self, the mind comes into play, and the mind does not let us realize the self. Therefore we are not really able to understand although we seem to understand. That is my experience. The ME, the mind and ego, together are the enemy of enlightenment, enemy of realization. Therefore, even though we may read, even though we may understand that we are not the body, we are not the mind, we are not the ego, we are the Divine Soul, we don't realize it, and because we don't realize it, it means we don't understand. Not many people will understand this point because they don't realize what this is all about. I've learn a lot on how to understand myself in a various ways, even though I got a mistakes. In a past few months to study in Understanding the self (subject), there are more ways on how to understanding you self, and I choose the I And Me, because this what is to reflect myself, As ourselves develop more and more, we begin to be able to examine your own thoughts and behaviors as we would if we were examining other's action. Beside of that I truly remember the instructor of our subject/course, says" that always remember to appriciate being who you are and be confident trust your self and be a good influence to other specialy to next generation.