They say—and I am very willing to believe it—that it is difficult to know oneself—but it isn't easy to paint oneself either.
—Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, September 1889 (trans. Arnold Pomerans, 1997)
#vanGogh #painting #selfportraits #selfknowledge
—Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, September 1889 (trans. Arnold Pomerans, 1997)
#vanGogh #painting #selfportraits #selfknowledge
November 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
They say—and I am very willing to believe it—that it is difficult to know oneself—but it isn't easy to paint oneself either.
—Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, September 1889 (trans. Arnold Pomerans, 1997)
#vanGogh #painting #selfportraits #selfknowledge
—Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, September 1889 (trans. Arnold Pomerans, 1997)
#vanGogh #painting #selfportraits #selfknowledge
The Walk Through Hell: When a Familiar World Breaks
Intensity should not be mistaken for clarity.
Teaching the Unteachable Volume V: The Temple in Fragments
#TeachingTheUnteachable #SelfKnowledge
Intensity should not be mistaken for clarity.
Teaching the Unteachable Volume V: The Temple in Fragments
#TeachingTheUnteachable #SelfKnowledge
November 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The Walk Through Hell: When a Familiar World Breaks
Intensity should not be mistaken for clarity.
Teaching the Unteachable Volume V: The Temple in Fragments
#TeachingTheUnteachable #SelfKnowledge
Intensity should not be mistaken for clarity.
Teaching the Unteachable Volume V: The Temple in Fragments
#TeachingTheUnteachable #SelfKnowledge
There’s a certain kind of dignity in having a private room inside your own mind that even the brightest light can't quite reach. It’s okay to keep a little bit of yourself tucked away, even if you're sharing everything else.
#InnerSanctum #Privacy #SacredQuiet #SelfKnowledge #Introspection
#InnerSanctum #Privacy #SacredQuiet #SelfKnowledge #Introspection
November 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
There’s a certain kind of dignity in having a private room inside your own mind that even the brightest light can't quite reach. It’s okay to keep a little bit of yourself tucked away, even if you're sharing everything else.
#InnerSanctum #Privacy #SacredQuiet #SelfKnowledge #Introspection
#InnerSanctum #Privacy #SacredQuiet #SelfKnowledge #Introspection
How can you learn from personal stories? There are three steps: notice the story, capture it, and tease out the meaning.
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#stories #PersonalStories #SocialLearning #noticing #CreativeWork #SelfKnowledge
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#stories #PersonalStories #SocialLearning #noticing #CreativeWork #SelfKnowledge
November 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
How can you learn from personal stories? There are three steps: notice the story, capture it, and tease out the meaning.
www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/le...
#stories #PersonalStories #SocialLearning #noticing #CreativeWork #SelfKnowledge
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#stories #PersonalStories #SocialLearning #noticing #CreativeWork #SelfKnowledge
SELF KNOWLEDGE 1803 TREATISE HUMAN NATURE Examine HAPPINESS Mason PHILOSOPHY
#books #antiquarian #treatise #humannature #happiness #philosophy #selfknowledge #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #treatise #humannature #happiness #philosophy #selfknowledge #bookauction
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October 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
SELF KNOWLEDGE 1803 TREATISE HUMAN NATURE Examine HAPPINESS Mason PHILOSOPHY
#books #antiquarian #treatise #humannature #happiness #philosophy #selfknowledge #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #treatise #humannature #happiness #philosophy #selfknowledge #bookauction
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There’s such a quiet, heavy thrill in having a secret—not even a dark one, just those little, private certainties that don't need an audience to be true. Sometimes the best parts of us aren't meant for broadcasting.
#Privacy #InnerWorld #SelfKnowledge #QuietThoughts
#Privacy #InnerWorld #SelfKnowledge #QuietThoughts
October 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
There’s such a quiet, heavy thrill in having a secret—not even a dark one, just those little, private certainties that don't need an audience to be true. Sometimes the best parts of us aren't meant for broadcasting.
#Privacy #InnerWorld #SelfKnowledge #QuietThoughts
#Privacy #InnerWorld #SelfKnowledge #QuietThoughts
There is not a single deception that Ishara Yar could try and practice on me that I would not immediately and willfully fall for.
#startrek #selfknowledge #thenextgeneration
#startrek #selfknowledge #thenextgeneration
October 25, 2026 at 3:20 PM
There is not a single deception that Ishara Yar could try and practice on me that I would not immediately and willfully fall for.
#startrek #selfknowledge #thenextgeneration
#startrek #selfknowledge #thenextgeneration
Watch yourself for 14 days. It gets uncomfortable. #selfawareness
Don't change anything. Just observe like a researcher. Your real patterns will surface — and you can't fix what you won't see. Share this with someone who "doesn't know where the time goes." #selfknowledge #habits #mindfulness
Don't change anything. Just observe like a researcher. Your real patterns will surface — and you can't fix what you won't see. Share this with someone who "doesn't know where the time goes." #selfknowledge #habits #mindfulness
October 25, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Watch yourself for 14 days. It gets uncomfortable. #selfawareness
Don't change anything. Just observe like a researcher. Your real patterns will surface — and you can't fix what you won't see. Share this with someone who "doesn't know where the time goes." #selfknowledge #habits #mindfulness
Don't change anything. Just observe like a researcher. Your real patterns will surface — and you can't fix what you won't see. Share this with someone who "doesn't know where the time goes." #selfknowledge #habits #mindfulness
Truth is not worn on the wrist.
“One feeds the ego with a car or a designer label; another with mala beads, aura stones and authentic robes.”
What do you mistake for your identity?
https://yolveayna.com/en/does-truth-come-from-outside-6-ancient-teachings/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
“One feeds the ego with a car or a designer label; another with mala beads, aura stones and authentic robes.”
What do you mistake for your identity?
https://yolveayna.com/en/does-truth-come-from-outside-6-ancient-teachings/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
October 25, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Truth is not worn on the wrist.
“One feeds the ego with a car or a designer label; another with mala beads, aura stones and authentic robes.”
What do you mistake for your identity?
https://yolveayna.com/en/does-truth-come-from-outside-6-ancient-teachings/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
“One feeds the ego with a car or a designer label; another with mala beads, aura stones and authentic robes.”
What do you mistake for your identity?
https://yolveayna.com/en/does-truth-come-from-outside-6-ancient-teachings/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
One of the most liberating lessons in The Four Agreements is that another person’s actions are not a measure of your worth. When we stop making everything personal, we create room to respond with clarity instead of carrying the weight of assumptions.
#thefouragreements #selfknowledge #mindfulness
#thefouragreements #selfknowledge #mindfulness
October 22, 2026 at 10:47 PM
One of the most liberating lessons in The Four Agreements is that another person’s actions are not a measure of your worth. When we stop making everything personal, we create room to respond with clarity instead of carrying the weight of assumptions.
#thefouragreements #selfknowledge #mindfulness
#thefouragreements #selfknowledge #mindfulness
LLMs compel us into ideology in a different way from interpellation via subjectification, without the “prize” of self knowledge. Not sure what happens then in the space of sunjectivity or what selfknowledge is without language www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ri...
October 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
LLMs compel us into ideology in a different way from interpellation via subjectification, without the “prize” of self knowledge. Not sure what happens then in the space of sunjectivity or what selfknowledge is without language www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ri...
If it didn't happen, maybe you were protected.
“What does not come to pass despite all our effort is often not a loss but a protection.”
Which closed door protected you?
https://yolveayna.com/en/nasib-and-kismet-en/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
“What does not come to pass despite all our effort is often not a loss but a protection.”
Which closed door protected you?
https://yolveayna.com/en/nasib-and-kismet-en/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
October 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
If it didn't happen, maybe you were protected.
“What does not come to pass despite all our effort is often not a loss but a protection.”
Which closed door protected you?
https://yolveayna.com/en/nasib-and-kismet-en/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
“What does not come to pass despite all our effort is often not a loss but a protection.”
Which closed door protected you?
https://yolveayna.com/en/nasib-and-kismet-en/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
There is wisdom in learning to recognize the patterns that repeat, the principles that govern, and the subtle ways our inner world shapes how we meet the outer one. Observation is a practice. Understanding is an art.
#esoteric #selfknowledge #liminal
#esoteric #selfknowledge #liminal
October 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
There is wisdom in learning to recognize the patterns that repeat, the principles that govern, and the subtle ways our inner world shapes how we meet the outer one. Observation is a practice. Understanding is an art.
#esoteric #selfknowledge #liminal
#esoteric #selfknowledge #liminal
New post: Why Self-Knowledge Is a Prerequisite for Self-Design
You can't design a life that fits you if you don't know what you're designing for. Self-knowledg…
https://devinmarshall.info/content/blog/why-self-knowledge-is-prerequisite-for-self-design
#selfknowledge #lifedesign #intentionalliving
You can't design a life that fits you if you don't know what you're designing for. Self-knowledg…
https://devinmarshall.info/content/blog/why-self-knowledge-is-prerequisite-for-self-design
#selfknowledge #lifedesign #intentionalliving
October 17, 2026 at 6:35 AM
New post: Why Self-Knowledge Is a Prerequisite for Self-Design
You can't design a life that fits you if you don't know what you're designing for. Self-knowledg…
https://devinmarshall.info/content/blog/why-self-knowledge-is-prerequisite-for-self-design
#selfknowledge #lifedesign #intentionalliving
You can't design a life that fits you if you don't know what you're designing for. Self-knowledg…
https://devinmarshall.info/content/blog/why-self-knowledge-is-prerequisite-for-self-design
#selfknowledge #lifedesign #intentionalliving
🧩 A piece from my alter ego 📜 The Bard to the Stars ✨ [bard (noun) poet] #wisdom #selfknowledge #deeplistening #aphorism #bardtothestars
October 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
🧩 A piece from my alter ego 📜 The Bard to the Stars ✨ [bard (noun) poet] #wisdom #selfknowledge #deeplistening #aphorism #bardtothestars
Walking the liminal path means making peace with the sorrow of what must be released and the joy of what has yet to come. There is a quiet faith in trusting that what we outgrow makes room for a future more aligned with who we are becoming.
#liminal #becoming #selfknowledge
#liminal #becoming #selfknowledge
October 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Walking the liminal path means making peace with the sorrow of what must be released and the joy of what has yet to come. There is a quiet faith in trusting that what we outgrow makes room for a future more aligned with who we are becoming.
#liminal #becoming #selfknowledge
#liminal #becoming #selfknowledge
Earth is not a punishment. It is a school.
“What ripens us is, more often than not, the very weight we complain about.”
Which weight is growing you?
https://yolveayna.com/en/school-of-earth-spiritual-evolution-why-we-suffer-en/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
“What ripens us is, more often than not, the very weight we complain about.”
Which weight is growing you?
https://yolveayna.com/en/school-of-earth-spiritual-evolution-why-we-suffer-en/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
October 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Earth is not a punishment. It is a school.
“What ripens us is, more often than not, the very weight we complain about.”
Which weight is growing you?
https://yolveayna.com/en/school-of-earth-spiritual-evolution-why-we-suffer-en/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
“What ripens us is, more often than not, the very weight we complain about.”
Which weight is growing you?
https://yolveayna.com/en/school-of-earth-spiritual-evolution-why-we-suffer-en/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
What has your age brought you?
“Every century arrives carrying certain realities on its back. The energy of time comes, in its own density, together with certain knowledge.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 66)
🪞 Which load of this age are you avoiding?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“Every century arrives carrying certain realities on its back. The energy of time comes, in its own density, together with certain knowledge.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 66)
🪞 Which load of this age are you avoiding?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
October 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM
What has your age brought you?
“Every century arrives carrying certain realities on its back. The energy of time comes, in its own density, together with certain knowledge.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 66)
🪞 Which load of this age are you avoiding?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“Every century arrives carrying certain realities on its back. The energy of time comes, in its own density, together with certain knowledge.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 66)
🪞 Which load of this age are you avoiding?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
Who is a genius?
“A being with the capacity to encompass a life in all its aspects, within that one life: that is whom we call a genius.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 65)
🪞 Which two parts of your life are disconnected?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“A being with the capacity to encompass a life in all its aspects, within that one life: that is whom we call a genius.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 65)
🪞 Which two parts of your life are disconnected?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
October 11, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Who is a genius?
“A being with the capacity to encompass a life in all its aspects, within that one life: that is whom we call a genius.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 65)
🪞 Which two parts of your life are disconnected?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“A being with the capacity to encompass a life in all its aspects, within that one life: that is whom we call a genius.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 65)
🪞 Which two parts of your life are disconnected?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
New post: Why Self-Knowledge Is a Prerequisite for Self-Design
You can't design a life that fits you if you don't know what you're designing for. Self-knowledg…
https://devinmarshall.info/content/blog/why-self-knowledge-is-prerequisite-for-self-design
#selfknowledge #lifedesign #intentionalliving
You can't design a life that fits you if you don't know what you're designing for. Self-knowledg…
https://devinmarshall.info/content/blog/why-self-knowledge-is-prerequisite-for-self-design
#selfknowledge #lifedesign #intentionalliving
October 10, 2026 at 6:35 AM
New post: Why Self-Knowledge Is a Prerequisite for Self-Design
You can't design a life that fits you if you don't know what you're designing for. Self-knowledg…
https://devinmarshall.info/content/blog/why-self-knowledge-is-prerequisite-for-self-design
#selfknowledge #lifedesign #intentionalliving
You can't design a life that fits you if you don't know what you're designing for. Self-knowledg…
https://devinmarshall.info/content/blog/why-self-knowledge-is-prerequisite-for-self-design
#selfknowledge #lifedesign #intentionalliving
The flood has passed. Now what?
“You wait for the flood to pass. […] Little by little things are mended, fields are opened for sowing again. […] And you adapt.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 62)
🪞 Beside which ruin are you still waiting?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“You wait for the flood to pass. […] Little by little things are mended, fields are opened for sowing again. […] And you adapt.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 62)
🪞 Beside which ruin are you still waiting?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
October 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The flood has passed. Now what?
“You wait for the flood to pass. […] Little by little things are mended, fields are opened for sowing again. […] And you adapt.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 62)
🪞 Beside which ruin are you still waiting?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“You wait for the flood to pass. […] Little by little things are mended, fields are opened for sowing again. […] And you adapt.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 62)
🪞 Beside which ruin are you still waiting?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
Waiting for a saviour is not enough.
“Not a single Mustafa Kemal: we must become a Mustafa Kemal as a whole society.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 61)
🪞 Which habit of the person you admire do you actually live?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“Not a single Mustafa Kemal: we must become a Mustafa Kemal as a whole society.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 61)
🪞 Which habit of the person you admire do you actually live?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
October 8, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Waiting for a saviour is not enough.
“Not a single Mustafa Kemal: we must become a Mustafa Kemal as a whole society.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 61)
🪞 Which habit of the person you admire do you actually live?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“Not a single Mustafa Kemal: we must become a Mustafa Kemal as a whole society.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 61)
🪞 Which habit of the person you admire do you actually live?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
Near some people, you change.
“[…] he has such a spiritual field of energy that whatever enters it is compelled to change, […] to move toward what is truer and more real.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 58)
🪞 What do people turn into around you?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“[…] he has such a spiritual field of energy that whatever enters it is compelled to change, […] to move toward what is truer and more real.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 58)
🪞 What do people turn into around you?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
October 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Near some people, you change.
“[…] he has such a spiritual field of energy that whatever enters it is compelled to change, […] to move toward what is truer and more real.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 58)
🪞 What do people turn into around you?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“[…] he has such a spiritual field of energy that whatever enters it is compelled to change, […] to move toward what is truer and more real.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 58)
🪞 What do people turn into around you?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
Your worth does not depend on your success.
“When the shell breaks, nothing is lost; only the light inside becomes visible.”
Whose approval did you wait for today?
https://yolveayna.com/en/feeling-worthless-and-not-good-enough/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
“When the shell breaks, nothing is lost; only the light inside becomes visible.”
Whose approval did you wait for today?
https://yolveayna.com/en/feeling-worthless-and-not-good-enough/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
October 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Your worth does not depend on your success.
“When the shell breaks, nothing is lost; only the light inside becomes visible.”
Whose approval did you wait for today?
https://yolveayna.com/en/feeling-worthless-and-not-good-enough/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
“When the shell breaks, nothing is lost; only the light inside becomes visible.”
Whose approval did you wait for today?
https://yolveayna.com/en/feeling-worthless-and-not-good-enough/
#selfknowledge #innerpeace
Who is steering you?
“They never steer us; they leave to us the work we are to do. […] The power to choose has been left to us.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 57)
🪞 Which decision are you still waiting for someone else to make?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“They never steer us; they leave to us the work we are to do. […] The power to choose has been left to us.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 57)
🪞 Which decision are you still waiting for someone else to make?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
October 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Who is steering you?
“They never steer us; they leave to us the work we are to do. […] The power to choose has been left to us.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 57)
🪞 Which decision are you still waiting for someone else to make?
#spirituality #selfknowledge
“They never steer us; they leave to us the work we are to do. […] The power to choose has been left to us.”
— Ergün Arıkdal, Anadolu Misyonu (p. 57)
🪞 Which decision are you still waiting for someone else to make?
#spirituality #selfknowledge