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Self-knowledge is obviously a process, not an end in itself; and to know oneself, one must be aware of oneself in action, which is relationship. You discover yourself, not in isolation, not in withdrawal, but in relationship—in relationship to society, to your wife, your husband, your brother, to man; but to discover how you react, what your respon
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If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti - If you begin to understand what you...
This imaginative interpenetration of experience is necessary for the greatest challenge of consciousness — understanding what it is like to be another. Without it, there can be no love, for we cannot love whom we do not understand — then we are pseudo-loving a projection. A sign of healthy love, therefore, is the ability to be reliable and responsi... See more
Donald Winnicott • Article
Carl Jung once said, “ Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves. ”