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“know thyself.”
Mauro Biglino • Gods of the Bible
I've read that over the entrance to the Greek mysteries where the words are written, "Know thy Self" which is really your teaching.
Well this teaching is neither Greek, nor Hebrew, nor Christian, nor Hindu, it is just a universal message of the truth, that's as ancient as the hills, it's nothing new. Only it works, something happens to lift us up
... See moreLook deep into the recesses of your being, and identify everything you think makes you, you.
Traverse all your mind’s pathways, and locate every desire and thought. Summon every opinion and belief, every interest and passion, and interrogate each and every one, relentlessly.
Ask them where they came from, and who planted them. Ask them if... See more
The Pursuit
Know thyself.
As the great mystic Saint John of the Cross said, “In order to come to the knowledge you have not, you must go by a way in which you know not.” I love this quote. It’s entirely paradoxical.
Adyashanti • Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering
Know thyself.
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates
Jed McKenna • Spiritual Warfare (The Enlightenment Trilogy Book 3)
The ancient Greeks espoused the value of reflective contemplation with the phrase “temet nosce” or “know thyself.”