Why is self knowledge crucial?

Most people don’t see the point in undertaking any kind of work that may direct them into self discovery. They don’t quite understand the use of it and even less the massive benefit that it can offer them. I overhear people complaining about any and every imaginable subject, all the time. And though I instinctively feel like pulling out my card and saying “I can guide you into finding answers to your entire problems and enable you to lead a most fulfilling existence” I know I cannot do so, unless they are interested. Such is the principal of the deal; we can only help people who are willing to help themselves.

If you take a moment to think of the following analogy, perhaps it will give you a clearer understanding of what I mean: If you have a bank account and a regular income, doesn’t it seem totally logical for you to know and keep record of how much money you have on this account, of the quantity of your debits and credits, before you can make any plans whatsoever? If you have any intentions to organise yourself, from deciding if you can have potatoes or caviar for dinner to buying a house or renting a bedsitting room, you need to know what you’ve got, what you need to develop and how you can get there. Well it’s the same thing for everything that concerns our movements and our personal/interpersonal relationships. We have to know who we are, where we are heading and how/if we can get there.

Some of the biggest mistakes that almost everybody makes are that they firmly believe:

1. That they are doing everything so well, why should they change? Everyone and everything else is to blame (except themselves).
2. No matter what they do, it is of no use; it will make no difference.
3. To seek help is only a sign of weakness.


Whereas nothing is further from the truth, in all the above statements. I confess that I once said these same things myself, until I found Caycedian Sophrology and became a qualified Sophrologist.

I will begin by saying, what many great Masters have already told us for countless years: Self awareness is at the very core of all our issues therefore; an inestimable investment. It is the first indispensable step that creates possibilities. If we are building a house, for example, where do we begin? If we care to make solid and healthy foundations all the other details become achievable. But, the good news is that mankind is not like a building, we have the advantage to restructure, throughout our existence. So it’s never too late!

In order to find the most unbelievable answers, the solution to every irresolvable problem, all we need to do is turn within. By taking up training sessions in Caycedian Sophrology we obviously use specific techniques that favour and accelerate this process.

We each hold the most astounding information in our depths; awaiting at every passing moment to be consulted. And what I find to be a crying shame is that most people refuse themselves this privilege out of sheer obstinacy, afraid to crease their’ EGO. What seems to profoundly hurt is to admit that there may exist a more accurate and truthful alternative to the one that is known and has been used for so many years. We actually undergo so much pain and doubt; just because: “familiarity brings comfort”.

However, if we would only take a moment to reconsider and ask ourselves the following questions: “How much of what we (already) know is strictly authentic”? How much of it really belongs to our individuality? And what percentage belongs to some outdated/misunderstood information that we have stored from our childhood observations? The reason that I say outdated and misunderstood, is because a child does not have the refined and developed means to appreciate pragmatism for what it really is.

Commonly we prefer to live in resentment/anger (to remain in a rut) rather than lose points (as some see it). As if our existence is valid by keeping a record of how many times we were right. Such attitudes merely guarantee the regression of our humanness. This is why we say; we were born to make mistakes and errors are only human providing that we learn from them. And it is such a wonderful illumination, such a feeling of freedom, when we find out how to use our slip-ups to our greatest advantage.

As humans we are the only living species who are conscious of our consciousness and there is nothing that saddens me more than when I detect how so many people carry such powerful potentials straight to their’ grave. For our endless capacities will and do remain dormant, if we do nothing to put them into play.