Đời như bong bóng xà phòng - Osho (100 cách thức nhìn đời) - Cách thứ 4

Life Is A Soap Bubble - Osho

100 Ways to Look at Life - Way 004

Self-knowledge is the only knowledge there is. What possible value could there be in those who do not know themselves, knowing anything else?

Man’s greatest difficulty is his ignorance about himself. Just as there is darkness underneath a lamp, similarly man is in darkness about the reality of his own self, his own soul. When we don’t even know ourselves, it is not surprising if our whole life goes wrong. Without self-realization, life is like a boat whose captain is not in his senses, but just goes on rowing and steering the boat wherever. Self-awareness is the basic essential for bringing the right momentum and destination to your life. Before I can know what I am supposed to be, it is essential to know what I am. It is only after I know what I am, that I can lay the foundation for the future which is dormant in me. It is only after I know what I am, that the unborn in me can be born. If your life is to have any meaning, if your boat is to reach the shore of fulfillment,then your whole effort should be to know yourself, before knowing anything else. Only then can other knowledge be of any use. Otherwise, knowledge in the hands of the ignorant is just suicidal.

The first longing of knowing is to know the self. If there is darkness there, there is darkness everywhere. And if there is light there, then there is light everywhere.