The Four Tricks

There are four tricks to get to know yourself better and more credibly

The first trick is the marshmallow trick

Which is that before I start getting to know myself, I expect that when I get to know myself truly, I will find it beautiful and rosy, and this is not true because we are all human beings with complexities, and as soon as I understand the extent of the complexities inside me, this will achieve the goal of getting to know myself better.

The second trick is the trick of reaching

It states that I expect that one day I will get to know myself and I will reach inner peace and psychological balance and everything will become beautiful, but this is a false belief because the journey of knowing ourselves is an ongoing journey. We will continue to search within ourselves every day and after every situation and every challenge we go through. Knowing ourselves is a journey that all humans begin from childhood until the last day of their lives, whether they start it consciously or unconsciously.

The third trick is passing judgments

Some people may think that passing judgments on ourselves will make us recognize our faults and advantages, unfortunately this is not true and in most cases the result will be the opposite, and I do not mean only passing negative judgments. For example, if I make a wrong decision, instead of taking responsibility for it, I think that I am a bad person, which will make me less able to take responsibility for this decision and deal with its consequences, and also passing positive judgments. For example, if I help someone, I will feel that I am a good person in all cases. Seeing yourself as an absolute angel or an absolute devil, both will represent an obstacle to you during your journey to know yourself.

The fourth trick: Layers

Some people believe that knowing oneself truly and forming a clear identity makes a person need to remove his layers, such as the job layer and the layer related to his role in the family as a father, husband, son or brother, and that when removing all these layers, he will reach his self, that is, the center of light within him, but the truth is that we are the result of all the experiences we have gone through and the result of our genes that we inherited. You are your form, you are yourself and you are everything that you are. When you try to know yourself, know it with all that it is and do not try to remove layers, believing that these layers will hinder your knowledge of yourself or that they are a part that is not connected to you, because this will cause you many problems.