Why is silence so frowned upon, either at work or at home? “What could be the matter?” they all ask, whereas all I wish is to be left alone to my own peaceful thoughts.

My mind when disturbed responds by saying, “There is nothing wrong.”

“All we want is not to participate in idle gossip or mindless chatter.”

“Space and silence is all we need at this particular time.”

Strangely, people are quite happy spreading mischievous rumours about an innocent soul, but they seem rather perturbed by one being silent in their presence.

Why do people suffer from “uncomfortable silences”?

Why should silences be uncomfortable?

Silence is blissful to me, and most comfortable.

Don’t they realise by me entering their world of superfluous communication I am neglecting what is most important to me – and that is self-introspection.

Self-introspection is what makes me feel at ease with being in my own company.  I neither feel alone nor have an empty void to fill by talking. Read more…

Read the first part of the ‘Self-Knowledge’ series: ‘Quotes of Wisdom: Inspirational Words towards Self-Knowledge’

What is the relationship between Self-Knowledge and Self-Reflection?

Snow White comes to mind when I take the time to self-reflect, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the most self-knowledge of them all?”  The mirror then replied, “Look within yourself to find the answer.”  Okay, I know the previous dialogue was never actually said in the Snow White film but that is my reinterpretation of them when thinking of how one can discover self-knowledge.

You must think I’m like a scratched record because of the amount of posts on this blog re-emphasising the need for self-knowledge as a key to enhancing yourselves in life.  The reason for my over-zealousness in this regard is because I feel learning about oneself is an important and overlooked subject which, if encouraged, will greatly benefit this planet for generations to come.

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What type of knowledge is important to you?

Do you sometimes feel that you should know yourself more than you do?

Do you feel that you are spending too much time accumulating superfluous knowledge other than knowledge of self?

Learn to accumulate Wisdom not Superficiality

In the educational system we are taught general knowledge for us to learn from and that is suppose to provide us with the foundations towards contributing to society.  This carefully chosen knowledge is mostly made up of facts and figures which really has no real benefit towards our own personal growth.  Maybe if they included practical wisdom and self-knowledge on the curriculum it would go a long way to addressing the balance of what we learn at school.

When we leave education and venture out into the wild  jungle of employment, we are then encouraged to accumulate as much knowledge as possible so that we can be better prepared for the hunt for status and financial reward.

Especially in this technological world of communication competing for a captive audience who are willing to give up their hard earned cash to whoever can provide the best answers, we are continually bombarded with the familiar words “Knowledge is Power!” – and without this knowledge we can never become successful in life.  To that I say, “absolute rubbish!”.

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