Know Thyself - a life directive
Trusted Communications – Know Thyself – a most important life directive.
The text of “know thyself” (biblical sounding) is recognized as coming from a Greek inscription found on a stone in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi and is also attributed to a saying by the historical Greek Philosopher Socrates. These two words in sequence do not appear anywhere in the various editions of the King James Bible but they are vastly important for all. So, just how do we go about being obedient to the directive ?
Well we ….
1 Know our individual past lives – possibly thousands of them… left over, unfinished business, drives the purpose of each new incarnation. I had one in that place in the Red Sea.
2 Know our individual natal chart - birth sign, sun rising sign, planetary aspects… the natal chart is the blueprint or launch documentation for the why of this life with respect to what happened or happened wrong in some past life. See companies like Astro Computing Services for natal charts – once in San Diego. I really like the books by Jeff Green – particularly Pluto the Evolutionary Journey… I am Gemini, Leo rising, 12th House Pluto, Mars Venus conjunct, ….
3 Know our individual Temperament - (Myers Brigs, Keirsey, Please Understand Me) our Temperament drives how we behave and act in basic choices in life. Temperament is the first level implementation of the launch document. See the Temperament Bible: Please Understand Me for more details. I am INTJ – Introvert, Intuitive, Thinking, predisposed to planning before trips… 4 Know our individual Enneagram type – one of 9 types (with so-called “Wings”) our Enneagram type drives more visible behaviors regarding at-ease vs at-stress. Enneagram orientation is the implementation of one’s Temperament.| I have always preferred the audio disk set by Helen Palmer. I am Type 5 with a 4-wing 5 Know our individual NLP bias – visual, auditory, or kinesthetic … our NLP bias drives how we want to interact with others. I do not know where the NLP stuff resides in this stack of biases. See the NLP Bible: Frogs into Princes for more details. I am visually oriented
6 Know our family ancestry – a research activity that will never be completed – our ancestry provides insight into why we chose our biological parents. remember the quote about “Sins of the father … unto the seventh generation”. See my “Alan’s DNA tree” on ancestry.com – over 50K people in my tree in 2025. Ancestry.com is a subscription based service with a free trial membership. 7 We accept this knowing and declare to ourselves: "I am who I am" - אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה. This is probably the most difficult step of all given the mass of forces in day to day life where some around us tug at us essentially saying: "be more like me" , or even worse "you just are not good enough - (because you are not like me)". And I am still working on this step and wonder if I will ever fully complete it.
The text of “know thyself” (biblical sounding) is recognized as coming from a Greek inscription found on a stone in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi and is also attributed to a saying by the historical Greek Philosopher Socrates. These two words in sequence do not appear anywhere in the various editions of the King James Bible but they are vastly important for all. So, just how do we go about being obedient to the directive ?
Well we ….
1 Know our individual past lives – possibly thousands of them… left over, unfinished business, drives the purpose of each new incarnation. I had one in that place in the Red Sea.
2 Know our individual natal chart - birth sign, sun rising sign, planetary aspects… the natal chart is the blueprint or launch documentation for the why of this life with respect to what happened or happened wrong in some past life. See companies like Astro Computing Services for natal charts – once in San Diego. I really like the books by Jeff Green – particularly Pluto the Evolutionary Journey… I am Gemini, Leo rising, 12th House Pluto, Mars Venus conjunct, ….
3 Know our individual Temperament - (Myers Brigs, Keirsey, Please Understand Me) our Temperament drives how we behave and act in basic choices in life. Temperament is the first level implementation of the launch document. See the Temperament Bible: Please Understand Me for more details. I am INTJ – Introvert, Intuitive, Thinking, predisposed to planning before trips… 4 Know our individual Enneagram type – one of 9 types (with so-called “Wings”) our Enneagram type drives more visible behaviors regarding at-ease vs at-stress. Enneagram orientation is the implementation of one’s Temperament.| I have always preferred the audio disk set by Helen Palmer. I am Type 5 with a 4-wing 5 Know our individual NLP bias – visual, auditory, or kinesthetic … our NLP bias drives how we want to interact with others. I do not know where the NLP stuff resides in this stack of biases. See the NLP Bible: Frogs into Princes for more details. I am visually oriented
6 Know our family ancestry – a research activity that will never be completed – our ancestry provides insight into why we chose our biological parents. remember the quote about “Sins of the father … unto the seventh generation”. See my “Alan’s DNA tree” on ancestry.com – over 50K people in my tree in 2025. Ancestry.com is a subscription based service with a free trial membership. 7 We accept this knowing and declare to ourselves: "I am who I am" - אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה. This is probably the most difficult step of all given the mass of forces in day to day life where some around us tug at us essentially saying: "be more like me" , or even worse "you just are not good enough - (because you are not like me)". And I am still working on this step and wonder if I will ever fully complete it.