The Path to Inner Freedom: The Power of Self-Knowledge
Today, most people excel in materialistic or worldly knowledge, but they often lack understanding of their true inner self. All their knowledge revolves around the external world, leaving them disconnected from self-awareness. While the ignorant consume material things recklessly, the wise use them with mindfulness and balance. Most problems in the world arise from ignorance, and true freedom begins only when knowledge and awareness are awakened. A person who has attained self-knowledge doesn’t get entangled in worldly struggles. They observe and understand these issues without being emotionally disturbed by them. Despite living in a material world, they remain detached and unaffected by physical desires or sensory temptations. Such individuals master the art of living within the body without becoming slaves to its urges. Their life is guided by awareness rather than emotion. The essence of the soul is to witness and to know. The purpose of human life is to purify our inner nature...