Entry 04

Know thyself was written as a command.

Did you ever ask the question, “who am I and why am I here?”

Is knowing who you truly are and seeking the answer a question only few seek the answer to?

Most people are conditioned to answer the question with a title like doctor or librarian. Others think they are what they have like their bank account, fashion labels or automobile brand. Some get their identity from political affiliation and others by what religion they were born into.

That's not the self. Unfortunately, in modern society it's all most people have. None of the things people think are important will last.

Accumulated stuff, fancy job titles, acronyms after your name on a business card, being a CEO, celebrity or pope may be something to celebrate a few decades but then, proof, it's gone and, in a generation, they aren't even remembered.

You can live an entire life comparing yourself to everyone else who has a job title you want or stuff you think will make you happy.

How does knowing yourself change this? Why is it important?

When we are our true self, we don’t identify as anything outside of ourselves. In a moment those things can be taken and then who are we?

We get to determine what’s important to us and makes us happy.

Some people are happy accumulating stuff and titles and cars and trinkets and gadgets and … and … and …

I’m not here to convince them they are wrong, I’m here to convince you to look at life differently. To see it as an experience where you get to choose being happy over collecting stuff.

Soon that stuff is going to be meaningless and if you don’t know what I mean, answers are found here

When you truly get this, you’ll stop comparing your life experience with anyone else.

Seek what makes you happy, not what makes you one in a crowd.

Life is a short experience that should be fun and if you have been a seeker of the question, “who am I and why am I here?”

Good.

You are soul incarnated to have a human experience on earth. Whatever experiences you choose. That’s it.