The great thinker of antiquity, Pythagoras, rightly stated
that Earth was the home of opinion. If in his time there was this
acknowledgement, we can certainly say that today we are not far from this
definition. It seems that we are getting closer and closer to it, and gradually
distancing ourselves from the most important and suggestive process that has
ever happened among us, also brought by a wise man, and which showed that
development is
from within.
This sage, Socrates,
taught, or rather led his followers and listeners through the rough paths of
opinion until the recognition that human beings knew much of others, but knew
nothing of themselves.
The Socratic concept
and irony, applied in the development of the truest and deepest of all
knowledge, knowing oneself, directed thought and reasoning, in a natural way,
to another moment. Get to know yourself and then be sincere with what you
discover. Not knowing yourself shows that there is a crucial difference between
true self-awareness and the current superficial human existence.
We are in this process and that is where sometimes we deviate
from the path. People become accustomed to reducing their understanding of
things to the superficial perceptions of their own mind, because it is difficult
to break with the structures of references already created and for the Spirit
to make qualitative leaps into other dimensions of knowledge, transcending the
limits imposed by successive lives of structured thinking.
The moment of natural
transition that we go through, although painful, mobilizes our attention to focus
on the necessary inner cleansing. This is when we are faced with our most
serious issues, in all aspects considered. By rehabilitating ourselves with the
divine laws in our consciousness, we will reach higher levels where real
perception of ourselves will lead us to one day be with the Father. Just as promised
by Jesus, without disagreements, without fads or guesses. Then we will
understand that all this is part of just one moment and, as such, can never be
our true identity.
Sonia Theodoro da Silva
Philosopher
CEFE-Centro de Estudos Filosóficos Espíritas
SPSC - Spiritist Philosophy Studies Center
Pubisher: The Journal of Psychological Studies, London, England
Translator: Cintia C. dos Santos
