Self-Knowledge

Self-Knowledge (from The Prophet)

by Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931) Original Language English

And a man said, Speak to us of Self-Knowledge.
And he answered saying:
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.
You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.
You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.

And it is well you should.
The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;
And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.
But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;
And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.
For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."
Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

                 The most stiking lines from the poem of Kahlil Gibran  self knowledge is this satement " And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes. But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure." This means that you cannot hide anything because when you looked someones eyes you will know what the person is trying to say. We should not understamate the person's feeling because we don't know what he/she feels about something. Accoring to my classmate in the context of education he said, " It is not the teacher, the curriculum and the instructional materials but it is on the learner. Meaning to say we have our own self knowledge which is planted inside. According to John B. Watson our brain is like a blank sheet or the tabularasa concept but he added everything can be learn. As we grow our mental capabilities also develop and this is our treasure that we must be proud of. In our studies we used our instinc in cooperation of our mind and that help us to decide.