8 Core – Know Thyself
8 Core – Know Thyself
Curiosity that was about looking outward is now turning inward. Becomes inquisitive. Looking for self-justification and internal validation.
Conscious life becomes a machine, inputting and outputting incessantly. Myths are created, ideals are conceived, values are forged in the purgatory of the soul. This is the dawn of the age of history and science, reflection and sin. The anthropo- centric and anthropomorphic era, the era in which man became the measure of things, has started.
Man stands against nature, wishing to harness the forces of nature to serve the forces of thought. Reality becomes an ideal nightmarish dream. A dream fueled by a fear of waking up. A fear of losing control, meaning and sense supplied by criticism and judgment.
The human machine, which validates itself and its world from within itself, grows stronger until it becomes the entire context, retreating from the consequences of the act of knowing.
The imperative to “Know thyself” emerges when facing adversity and trouble. As a scream. Regenerated over and over. An imperative that one can only say to oneself. Since the more you know yourself, the more you will be free from yourself.
What can one say only to oneself? (Answer: The truth.)
Curiosity that was about looking outward is now turning inward. Becomes inquisitive. Looking for self-justification and internal validation.
Conscious life becomes a machine, inputting and outputting incessantly. Myths are created, ideals are conceived, values are forged in the purgatory of the soul. This is the dawn of the age of history and science, reflection and sin. The anthropo- centric and anthropomorphic era, the era in which man became the measure of things, has started.
Man stands against nature, wishing to harness the forces of nature to serve the forces of thought. Reality becomes an ideal nightmarish dream. A dream fueled by a fear of waking up. A fear of losing control, meaning and sense supplied by criticism and judgment.
The human machine, which validates itself and its world from within itself, grows stronger until it becomes the entire context, retreating from the consequences of the act of knowing.
The imperative to “Know thyself” emerges when facing adversity and trouble. As a scream. Regenerated over and over. An imperative that one can only say to oneself. Since the more you know yourself, the more you will be free from yourself.
What can one say only to oneself? (Answer: The truth.)