Process Of Self Exploration

Process of Self Exploration:

Self exploration is the process to find out what is valuable to me by investigating within myself, what is right for me, true for me, has to be judged within myself. Through self exploration we get the value of ourself. The process of self exploration is a follows: First of all we have to keep in mind that: Whatever is being presented is a PROPOSAL.

•  Don’t assume it to be true immediately, nor reject it without proper exploration.
• Verify it in your own right, on the basis of it being naturally acceptable to you,
• Not just on the basis of scriptures
• Not on the basis of equipment/instrument data
• Not on the basis of the assertion by other human beings.

Therefore, it is essential to carefully ponder over these on your own right. Neither accept these as true immediately nor reject them prematurely without proper exploration. Don’t just accept / reject these only on the basis of the following:

• Because something like this/ different from this, has been mentioned in scriptures,
• Or, because it has been preached/ denied by some great men,
• Or, a large number of people possess such a view / a different view,
• Or it is claimed to have been verified through some physical instrument or, claimed that this is beyond the domain of verifiability by physical instruments.

Then what to do:

• Verify on the basis of your natural acceptance
• Live accordingly to validate it experientially
• If the proposal is true in behaviour with human leads to mutual happiness
• If the proposal is true in work with rest of the nature leads to mutual prosperity

Remember, it is a process of self- exploration, therefore, it has to be authenticated by us alone by means of verification at the level of natural acceptance and experiential validation. The process is shown in the diagram below:

But this process is not complete. It will be completed when on verification on the basis of natural acceptance and testing in our living ultimately results in ‘realization’ and ‘understanding’ in us.

• Verify on the basis of your natural acceptance
• Live accordingly to validate it experientially
• If the proposal is true in behaviour with human leads to mutual happiness
• If the proposal is true in work with rest of the nature leads to mutual prosperity
• Results in realization and understanding
• On having realization and understanding we get
• Assurance
• Satisfaction