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Take away the right of people to decide who YOU
The parable about how to know yourself.
- Master, you said that if I will know who I am, then become wise, but how to do it?
- First, take away the people the right to decide who you are.
- How is it, Master?
- One will tell you that you are bad, you believe him upset. Another tells you that you're good, you obradueshsya. You are praised or blamed, believe you or betray.
As long as they have the right to decide who you are or what you are, do not you find yourself. Take them that right. And me too.
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To know oneself is possible only having stayed in the deep solitude. Usually, all that we know about ourselves, this is only the opinion of others. They say, "You're good," and we think that we are good. They say, "You're beautiful," and we think we are beautiful. They say, "You're bad" - and we continue to accumulate.
This is false, because no one else can you know - no one can know who you are, but you, yourself. Whatever they know it is only the parties, and these parties are very superficial. Whatever they know it is only momentary mood; they can not penetrate into your center. Even the closest people can not penetrate into the very core of your being. There you completely alone, and only there you will come to the one who you are.
- Master, you said that if I will know who I am, then become wise, but how to do it?
- First, take away the people the right to decide who you are.
- How is it, Master?
- One will tell you that you are bad, you believe him upset. Another tells you that you're good, you obradueshsya. You are praised or blamed, believe you or betray.
As long as they have the right to decide who you are or what you are, do not you find yourself. Take them that right. And me too.
***
To know oneself is possible only having stayed in the deep solitude. Usually, all that we know about ourselves, this is only the opinion of others. They say, "You're good," and we think that we are good. They say, "You're beautiful," and we think we are beautiful. They say, "You're bad" - and we continue to accumulate.
This is false, because no one else can you know - no one can know who you are, but you, yourself. Whatever they know it is only the parties, and these parties are very superficial. Whatever they know it is only momentary mood; they can not penetrate into your center. Even the closest people can not penetrate into the very core of your being. There you completely alone, and only there you will come to the one who you are.
