Do you know yourself?

Answer 1

YES! and I know my limitations and reach my achievable goals.

Answer 2

no, who am i man.

I have contemplated such a question and endevoured to answer but reluctanty I must relinquish this great effort for it only edulges me into madness.

Physically I am but organic matter composed of atoms combined in various complex combinations creating certain properties in order to create the man that I am.

Emotionally I am in a state of fluctuations where my sorroundings affect the reactions in my body to arouse sensations of diverse characteristics which ultimately sway my behaviour to express or rather react to such a stimuli.

Mentally I am the seeker of knowledge which is aquired from from the use of the body; be it through the heat receptors on my palms to visual sensations from photoreceptors. All enabling me to create connections constituting considerable intelegence.

Spiritually I am a soul of which matter has no existance but instead the forces beyond. Love and kindess is used to elevate the soul and illfeeling and deception is the devourer of its purity.

Socially I am a one of many beings interacting in a society and affecting her path. Like water in a bowl moulds it form to that shape I too mould to form the shape of the society. To conform with the my peers is easy but to change the mould of them is hard.

There may perhaps be too many paradigms to classify who I really am but I can conclude that I will never conclude.

Answer 3

Physically - very well. Emotionally - even better, but spiritually I have much to learn about myself, and trouble is, by the time I get to understand myself best of all....there will be people looking down as I disappear into a hole in the ground.

Answer 4

I know I am here
I know there is something out my bedroom window
There must be an explanation for these facts
I am still looking for it
My significant ones encourage me
But the more I look, the more complex it gets

It feels good this game.

So, approximately, Yes. You?

Answer 5

I didn't even start to know myself until I was well into my thirties. then I realised what it was that made me happy and what it was that didn't. I re-organised my life around these two principles.

Now I think I know myself pretty well, even to the extent that I understand change is inevitable so truly knowing myself is an ongoing process.

Answer 6

I hope i don't. That would mean that i have stopped growing and learning from what life has for me. I make assumptions about myself and hope in times of needs for others or myself that i would make the right decisions, but until facing those major decisions in real time, one cannot answer that question.

Answer 7

No. I never have really. But everyday I keep learning something new about myself that I never knew was there. Its something that I will be doing until the day I die. Everybody learns something new about themselves everyday. We all may think that we know ourselves completely, but in truth we dont. And we never will.

Answer 8

No not really. Everyone else seems to know me better than I do. I'm still trying to get to know myself but nobody's given me the space to do so. Oh well...

Answer 9

Somewhat. At least I usually say hi to myself when we meet in the halls. Occasionally we have lunch.

Okay, I know that's not what you wanted. Actually, at 50, I know myself pretty well.

Answer 10

Jesus had this problem - so I reckon being a mere mortal I still ask myself - "who am I". But of course, we continually change/evolve as people. Still, a leopard never change its spots, and I therefore know it is unlikely for me to abuse other people/hurt them, unless I must.

Answer 11

whomever said "yes", the true answer is "no" they do not know themselves. why? because life is a series of experiences and it never ends until death. thus to conclude at age 50 or 60 one knows him/herself is wrong since life experiences continue. to give a concrete example -- no one of us does not at this moment if we will jump into an icy river to save a drowning child or dog? if we knew what exactly we will do --then i should say we know ourselves. the truth is when the moment comes -- we react with our true senses and that is when we know ourselves, not now. hope it helps.