Know Thyself

A person is what s/he thinks. Thoughts define a person.

Thoughts have great power. The way you think is the way you do things. And what you do is what you are. If you, honestly desire something and know it very well that you deserve it too, then you tend to get it even in adverse circumstances. And this, my friend, is commonly called ‘luck’. Luck is nothing but what you make of it, with your determination and perseverance. 

Strangely enough, this brings me to another thought that this world is actually run by us. I have always believed in the power of almighty. The power that is supreme and above all other powers and energies of the world. But come to think of it, this power is of one’s own. Things happen as we want them to. But to feel that power, that energy you need to be truly honest and confronting with self. It is ironic how the person, we fear the most is our self. Hiding from the outer world is still sane. But hiding from our own self is the most insane thing we all do. But once we are, ‘comfortably' naked in front of us, we become – fearless. Fearless because we accept us the way we are – pure and befouled. There is nothing to hide, to conceal.

If you know yourself well, it means you know the world. By ‘knowing the world’ I do not mean knowing the people but the ways of it. The ways of this world and the world beyond, can both be gained knowledge about, once you know thyself. This I presume is enlightenment. I’m nobody to guarantee the truth of what I have written for I am not the enlightened one. These are but a few figments of my thoughts, as a conclusion of what I have read, seen, understood and realized.

I find the Holy Scriptures (and not their interpretations) and biographies of great saints, very useful in gaining the insight into it all and build a stronger, purer and more divine self. Because what you read is what you think and what you think is what you become.