KNOW THYSELF (Subtitulado Español)

This 15' video was uploaded by giovanni1905 on Nov 26, 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJmnc5R0ExI&feature=player_embedded#!

Ron: A transcription of part of the text:

The goal of any esoteric work must be that of objectivity, first in our understanding of ourselves, and then, as out filters and programs are dislodged, of the world. A true esoteric teaching will, therefore, not only focus on “Know Thyself”, but will also provided knowledge about the reality of our reality. If one or the other of these aspects are missing from a teaching, then you can be certain that it is incomplete, and an incomplete teaching, even if through ignorance of the teacher, even if unconscious, is dangerous. – Henry See, “Spiritual Predator: Prem Rawat AKA Maharaji” (7’ mark)

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. – Carl Gustav Jung (8’ 35’ mark)

Humanity seems to be in the grip of a global Stockholm Syndrome.

Ultimately, change happens only if we change, separate lies from truth within AND without. Only then will we able to see the world as it is. Without filters of denial, wishful thinking. false hopes and misperceptions because of our corrupted state of being. In order to see the truth in the world we need to see the truth in ourselves and stop lying to ourselves. Only then will we be able to know what to do and act upon it. (10’ 20” mark)

“What will bring peace is inward transformation, which will lead to outward action, inward transformation is not isolation, is not withdrawal from outward action. On the contrary, there can be right action only when there is right thinking and there is no right thinking when there is no self-knowledge. Without knowing yourself there is no peace.

An ideal is merely an escape, an avoidance of what is, a contradiction of what is. An ideal preventsdirect action upon what is.

To have peace, we will have to love; we will have to begin not to live an ideal life but to see thngs as they are and act upon them, transform them , As long as each one of us is seeking psychological security, the physiological security we need; food; food, clothing and shelter, is destroyed.

Some of you will nof your heads and say: “I agree", and go outside and do exactly the same as you have been doing for the last ten or twenty years. Your agreement is merely verbal and has no significance, for the world’s miseries and wars are not going to be stopped by your casual assent. They will be only stopped when you realize the danger, when you realize your responsibility, when you do not leave it to somebody else.

If you realize the suffering, if you see the urgency of immediate action and do not postpone, then you will transform yourself. – Jiddu Krishnamurti (11’mark)

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