Know Thyself Beyond All Conditioning

Know Thyself-Gnothi Seauton-above the entrance of the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the site of the sacred Oracle, you will find these words inscribed. But do we really know ourselves, and are we able to assist our children in discovering who they truly are? Beyond all the ideas we accept and conditioning we acquire throughout our lives, is the answer to this fundamental question of: Who am I?

Conditioned To Forget

In most cases, instead of our creativity and inquisitiveness being nurtured, our early childhood development is a process of adopting a set of ideas and beliefs, and picking up a lot of borrowed knowledge along the way. When we are not encouraged to think for ourselves, a very special part of us atrophies. We become lost in our mind, and divorced from our essential Being. We forget who we truly are.

Rediscovering Self

Being able to really know ourselves is a process of maturing in a special way. We cast off the past conditioning by recognizing our upsets and what disturbs us. These are keys both to our unhappiness as well as our freedom. Once we can really recognize how we act and react, we can then move beyond our false perceptions, and know who we are not. This removes the obstacle to knowing ourselves.

Once we understand how to really –Know Thyself-we can then model and assist others to do the same. We then no longer act like paupers, not knowing that we have unlimited funds in our account. We see each belief and concept as the really obstacles to true realization. We become awake to the present moment, so that who we really are can shine through into the world. Click here for the Transforming Child Behavior Home Page.

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SBI!