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Seekers on Unique Paths

Viva_Daddy

(785 posts) Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:39 PM Nov 2012

There is no separate self to realize. THAT IS “Self-Realization”.

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“Know Thyself” is a Western Koan. (Original Post) Viva_Daddy Nov 2012 OP

gnothi seauton tama Nov 2012 #1

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1. gnothi seauton

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 12:47 PM

Nov 2012

The verb 'gnothi' does not (just) mean intellectual and analytical knowledge, but direct sense/feel "knowing".

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2. Yes, as in "Adam know his wife Eve and she conceived"...same Hebrew word.

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 03:55 PM

Nov 2012