Just as we cannot know God as if God were an object, so we cannot know ourselves, look at ourselves, think about ourselves as if we were an object of our own perception. So finding ourselves begins with de-objectifying ourselves. And how do we de-objectify ourselves? Very simply; when we stop thinking about our-selves, we take the attention off ourselves. That’s why meditation is so simple, so radical, and why the moment you sit down to meditate, you have started the journey of self-knowledge, and you’re begin-ning to make this work of self-discovery, of finding oneself, a true value in your life and therefore all the other values in your life will begin to be reset, reframed, repositioned, reprioritised.
( Finding Oneself 1 Laurence Freeman )
