SELF-KNOWLEDGE

AND
UNDERSTANDING
“Know thyself.” It is the beginning
of wisdom.
-Socrates
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To understand ourselve
s we need to
investigate our body an
d mind through
direct experience.

 “You are always changing, you are never the

same and each moment reveals a new facet,
a new depth, a new surface.”

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 A person must know the
ir self before
they can know others a
nd the world
itself.
That is why the path of
knowledge
begins with the study o
f oneself and
‘learning how to learn’

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“Be interested in how you
function in daily life, explore
without any criticism or
justification”.

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 Self-knowledge grows as we objectively
explore the nature of body, mind and
feelings in a detached, non-
judgemental manner.
 “Self-knowledge is an aim, but it is also
a means.

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Studying the
‘Secondary Self’ or
‘False Personality’
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× complex of reactions and self-imposed barriers
erected by the ‘lower understanding.
× superficial intellectual-emotional system which
hides the essence or deeper individuality of the
human being.

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SIGMUND FREUD
Id- is the set of
uncoordinated
instinctual trends
Super-ego plays the critical
and moralizing role
Ego is the organized,
realistic part that
mediates between the
desires of the id and the
super-ego.
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