Know Thyself?

[richrf]

Know Thyself has been attributed to many Greek Philosophers.

Heraclitus is said to have written: I have inquired of myself.

Jung says that individuation, the act of knowing yourself, begins in the second half of your life, and it starts by accepting your Shadow.

Is knowing yourself worthwhile? Why or why not? Do you try to know yourself? How do you inquire? What have you learned? Has it changed as you grew older?


Rich

[Theaetetus]

Knowing yourself is totally worthwhile. How else would you know what you ultimately want out of life. Without knowing yourself, you can never be sure that you are living life to the fullest.

[richrf]

Originally Posted by Theaetetus

Knowing yourself is totally worthwhile. How else would you know what you ultimately want out of life. Without knowing yourself, you can never be sure that you are living life to the fullest.

Hi there Theatetus,

What have you discovered you want out of life?

Rich

[kennethamy]

Originally Posted by richrf

Know Thyself has been attributed to many Greek Philosophers.

Heraclitus is said to have written: I have inquired of myself.

Jung says that individuation, the act of knowing yourself, begins in the second half of your life, and it starts by accepting your Shadow.

Is knowing yourself worthwhile? Why or why not? Do you try to know yourself? How do you inquire? What have you learned? Has it changed as you grew older?


Rich

'Know Thyself" was written on the portico of the Temple Of Apollo in Delphi. So was, "In Everything, Not Too Much".

It is vital to know what you can do, and what you cannot do.

[richrf]

Originally Posted by kennethamy

'Know Thyself" was written on the portico of the Temple Of Apollo in Delphi. So was, "In Everything, Not Too Much".

It is vital to know what you can do, and what you cannot do.

Yep. So how do you go about knowing yourself?

Rich

[Mr. Fight the Power]

If there is to be free will, it can only come about through self-awareness. We must be aware of who we are to decide upon which actions will make us who we want to be.

[kennethamy]

Originally Posted by richrf

Yep. So how do you go about knowing yourself?

Rich

Ask a mutual friend to introduce you.

[richrf]

Originally Posted by Mr. Fight the Power

If there is to be free will, it can only come about through self-awareness. We must be aware of who we are to decide upon which actions will make us who we want to be.

Yes, I agree. Awareness helps you become a better navigator in life. But how does one increase awareness of oneself?

Rich

[jgweed]

To ask about knowing oneself assumes that there is something like "oneself" to know, and that each of us can, in fact, know (in the sense of being somewhat objective about it) oneself. Do we know anything else but the many masks we wear, or is there "something left over" and behind these masks?

There are things I can know about myself that Others cannot, and Others can know things about myself that I cannot know, and there are things neither knows, as Rumsfeld might have mused.

And, assuming the Self grows or changes over time, is the Self known say at 18 the same Self known at 66?

[kennethamy]

Originally Posted by jgweed

And, assuming the Self grows or changes over time, is the Self known say at 18 the same Self known at 66?

Yes. It is the very same self (or person) but it has changed. For instance, it is 48 years older than it was.