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%RELIABLE SELF KNOWLEDGE 840704
What is the way to the enjoyment of reliable self
knowledge?
Objectivity is not the way. Self can not reliably
treat self as a separate object. The fruits of such
pretense are not reliable---even if they are called
objective.
Self analysis is not the way. Self analysis entails
the taking apart of the object of analysis. Self-analysis
would thus entail the violation of the integrity of both
the object of analysis and of the analyzer. Knowledge
based upon the violation of the integrity of both the
knower and the known---is not reliable knowledge.
Understanding which is confirmed through prediction
and control is not the way. Enjoyment comes through
freedom from patterns of behavior which are entirely
predictable.
To the degree that an intimate friend knows you
personally, the above considerations apply to the
knowledge of the friend about you, and to your knowledge
of the friend. To the degree that an other person,
even an "expert" does not know you personally, the
knowledge of you is not reliable about you as a unique
person; it is only generalized knowledge.
Self knowledge is prone to be dominated by others'
expectations and self-expectations; with various mixtures
of desires, hopes, ideals, fears, anxieties, guilts, etc.
Knowledge which is born of such considerations is not
reliable and not likely to lead to joy.
Pure research is unlikely to lead to the enjoyment of
reliable self-knowledge---because pure research
almost always end up alienated from the world of real
daily personal life. Applied research is likely to get
trapped in the prisons of traditional attitudes, logic
and expectations.
The way to reliable self knowledge is the way of
balancing the demands of personal and communal
integrity---so that all members of a community are free
to be safely open and honest in dialogue, knowing each
other reliably because each genuinely wants to really
know each other as they really are; with their various
mixtures of desires, hopes, ideals, fears, anxieties, and
guilts.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
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