Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom Our honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi's life shows us an interesting fact about him choosing the path of Politics to fulfil his goals of welfare. Once he was so overwhelmed by his life and decided to travel to himalayas to gain the knowledge and peace. In his way stood a river. He wanted to cross the river so asked a saint for help. Few others were also waiting there to cross the river.

Saint asked Narendra, that if he wants to cross the river alone or along with other people. He replied with others. The saint asked him, then your peace do not lie in these mountains you must do it with people & for people. That one incident helped Narendra Identify his actual goal and began the starting of his political carrier, which is now on miraculous heights. The whole incident shows us the importance of knowing yourself because in that point lies your all the potential to reap to reach the heights possible for you. In the upcoming essay we will try to explore how the knowing of oneself contributes to wisdom. What are the factors that help you identify yourself, what are the benefits of it and what if beginning ruin. Identifying yourself leads you to know your strengths & weaknesses which decides further trajectory. chef Sanjeev Kapoor interest in cooking and admitting his will and aptitude made him pursue cooking as his career. His bold choice about himself gave his aptitude the fuel that led him became a world class chef. if he had not tried to explore his qualities he might ended up as a normal businessman / employee. This the knowledge of his interests to him that lead him towards this wisdom & success. Similarly, for everyone who seeks knowledge or wisdom identifying your core is a must.

Now the another question is how knowing yourself like Sanjeev Kapoor shapes your journey forward. The right beginning gives you the push that is required to sustain your journey forward. Just like the initial thrust that is required by a rocket to sustain to its flight. This can be understood by the story of Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi. He was doing his job of lawyer religiously until he was thrown out of the train & realised that his real goal is to end this oppression and discrimination towards colonial subjects. That incident when he realised his goal reshaped his whole life. That's what I meant by an initial push to Sustain the journey forward. This serves as reminder why we have started, and if we have started then it is worth continuing & fighting for till the end or perfection is reached. It is always the right beginning that leads you to right destination. This self introspection gives you idea about all the tools & strategies needed to sustain the journey. For example imagine you are soldiers going to war they must know what weapons they are capable of using & where they are best competent. A person with high experience of flying plains and operating jets must go to the Airforce to serve best. Their only the best capabilities of him could be used & the destiny of war winning the war/ subduing the enemy would be achieved. Sometimes the identification of self may also lead you in wrong direction and ruin your wisdom. The story of Angulimal shows us the illustration of above argument. He was so cruel & harsh that he kills the people & cut their finger to bear it as Trophy. He vowed to bear 1000 fingers. In pursuing his goal he collected 999 fingers and one remained. He decided to kill his own mother to fulfil his vow. Buddha came to know about this and adressed him. Then only he realised that he is on wrong path & will acheive nothing. Now He has came a long way so can we assume that his beginning is ruined?

No sometimes beginning could be ruined but we can save the future / ending by mending our mistakes. How to know yourself is the next big hurdle, so the answer is sometimes you yourself realise what is your destiny & sometimes its the external factors. for instance Plato Socrates liked to question the things around him and knows what he wants he drank poison to save his originality & sanctity cause he was firm on his resolve. But everyone may not like socrates, and examining one beliefs & strength may be required to identify the path for wisdom. The second case is illustrated by Gautam Buddha where his visit with charioteer Channa showed him the sad reality of world & showed Buddha his path towards wisdom. Here the external factors played role. However choosing one thing for yourself comes on the consequences of other options, & that other options may startle you. The victory lies in accepting your decisions and being firm on them along with being ready to face whatever comes in life. Like Thomas Alva Edison decided to invent the bulb so he didn't care about a thousand failures. And ultimately he got all the wisdom! To sum up success lies in proper assessment, planning & hardwork towards your goals. You may have potential that you need to identify like Buddha & show the world your light. Don't be afraid to begin just never look back you may not always go in right direction, but you may always keep trying!

The second case is illustrated by Gautam Buddha where his visit with charioteer Channa showed him the sad reality of world & showed Buddha his path towards wisdom. Here the external factors played role. However choosing one thing for yourself comes on the consequences of other options, & that other options may startle you. The victory lies in accepting your decisions and being firm on them along with being ready to face whatever comes in life. Like Thomas Alva Edison decided to invent the bulb so he didn't care about a thousand failures. And ultimately he got all the wisdom!