Who am I?

Jesus answered, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’” (John 10:34)

“I say, ‘You are gods, children of the Most High, all of you.’” (Psalm 82:6)

If I know myself

The core virtue is humility. If I know myself, I am humble. If I don’t, I am ignorant; I will hold false ideas about myself. At the extremes, I will either be under-inflated and suicidal or over-inflated and megalomaniacal. Humility, self-knowing, is wisdom. Wisdom is our depth dimension. If I do not know myself, I am disabled. I cannot love. If I know the world without knowing myself, I am a technician. Life, then, is a calculation. This is where we are today. Our knowledge of the world has vastly outstripped our knowledge of ourselves. No man who knows himself could ever build a bomb. Or pretend to lead a country.    

Gnothi seauton

Teaching our kids about the world is one thing. Teaching our kids about themselves is a whole other enterprise.

The Shift

The Shift is underway when we begin to pay less attention to the outer world and more attention to the inner one. It’s a crucial movement. Ignorance of Self exacts a terrible toll.

Falling into love

The word “intimacy” comes from the Latin for “depth.” Love is not about going ‘out there’ and finding someone. It’s about falling ‘down there’ and finding ourselves.