The idea of Self-Knowledge is to introduce one to one’s own self which is
Truth, Happiness and Immortality. ‘Who we are’ is always the same whereas
‘what we have’ varies. (In fact, it should vary for effective functioning
in life). All of us, when asked to introduce ourselves never speak of
ourselves as we are, but only recite our roles or the names of things that
we have.
We ‘have’ a name. We ‘have’ a degree. We ‘have’ a faith. But we shall say,
"I ‘am’ Ram, Rahim or David"; "I ‘am’ a PhD"; "I ‘am’ a Hindu, Muslim or
Christian." We don’t describe ourselves accurately since we don’t know the
Truth that is ourselves. We don’t lie either, but our version of ourselves
is incomplete.
Each individual must know himself not only to accept himself as he ‘is’
and all that he ‘has’, but also to effortlessly accept others first for
who they are and thereafter for what they have.
Welcome to Self-Knowledge!