Thoreau said, "It's as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around."
Two posts ago, I used the fact that the 'world is a mirror' to define stupidity and use it to your advantage. As you can see what's behind you without turning around by using a mirror, so can you see yourself in the whole world. You are the world and the world is you.
I am not talking about the physical world. The thoughts you think other people are secretly thinking while they hatch plots against you, the feelings that you ask those you face to shirk off, the actions that people take that you selectively filter out and enjoy — all these define your self. They are your self. There is no need to look inside yourself if you can analyze the entire world and hence know your self.
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