Know Thyself

Consciousness must not direct our actions in the sense that we should do only what we realize consciously and on reflection is the most appropreate thing. We should do what our gut feeling tells us. We must take our own lives seriously, and thereby everybody else's. We must have the courage to believe that life is greater than we know.

The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size (Penguin Press Science)

The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size (Penguin Press Science)

 たった一度の人生を真剣に生きようとすると、遅かれ早かれ、自身の内面に真っ向から向き合わざるを得なくなる。そして自ずと無意識に注意を払うことへの重要性に気づかされる。Know Thyself(汝自身を知れ)である。