Safety is the fruit of knowledge
Self-confidence is one of those states that human beings strive for the most, and at the same time, it is the most difficult to attain.
It is synonymous with self-trust, self-assertion, that intimate security that allows us to be, and as a result, to do what we have chosen.
Self-confidence primarily stems from self-knowledge. The ancient teaching that has never lost its value, “know thyself,” remains the fundamental key to start this journey. We cannot affirm ourselves in something we do not know.
It is not about superficial knowledge because people are somehow convinced that they know themselves. However, they only know their everyday behavior, their usual reactions, their appearance, and what others say about them. What is missing is a different, profound knowledge, one that comes from the roots of being, which transcends appearances and external circumstances. It is the one that allows us to recognize ourselves despite all the changes, the one that penetrates into the depths of our being.
possess. gradually use until it turns into a flood of energy and happiness. We all possess values, some are familiar to us, some we sense, and some are completely unknown to us. We need to seek their help, starting with the ones that are familiar to us, which will attract similar ones, until we build a large family of inner values.
In order to activate them, there is no other way but to start; just like in any other field, exercise is what helps us and gives us security. Just like athletes, artists, and scientists patiently conduct experiments, we should work with our hidden powers: practice them at least once a day, use them in various situations, patiently wait for them to grow, without getting discouraged or stopping.
How does self-confidence grow? By seeing how day by day we have more and more internal strength, but not the anarchic and unknown ones that sometimes work and sometimes don’t, but rather the ones that are d We ourselves, and which we use as desired. Safety increases with experience as we can occasionally experience some small failures, but we are generally masters of the situation, both in correcting mistakes and in gradually conquering our own selves.
How to maintain this security without shaking it in difficult times?
The majority of difficult moments – let’s not say all – come from our emotional sphere. Feelings, uncontrolled passions, can destroy the carefully constructed building of self-security.
It is not enough to just feel; we need to think, think with love, because it is not true that ideas are “cold”. Clear, definite, and stable ideas are the ones that will contribute the most to maintaining self-security.
Security is the result of intelligent effort.
Complete security is also a state of the soul.
This has nothing to do with vanity, arrogance, or pride of those who think they are great, without any other merits other than always looking at themselves with affection. That is not security, but rather crude self-indulgence. The essence. Complete security is the result of many trials, errors and their corrections, great patience, suffering, and renewal of spirit through every fall. It is a reflection of long-term work through time. It is knowledge gained through many explorations, introspection of the soul to determine what is being learned, discerning the difference between what we didn’t know before and what we now understand. Complete security is, in short, the result of intelligent effort. It means having a clear goal in front of you and staying on the right path, without deviating or stopping. It is not a gift; it is an achievement, a sign of spiritual maturity. Complete security is so elevated that it sometimes blends with inspiration in certain circumstances. Or maybe they merge together? What geniuses and mystics achieve by elevating the soul, those who master themselves achieve through effort: both intuitively follow the same path. So, what does the victory of one who has achieved self-assurance consist of? In accepting. Success is like abundance because it possesses a multitude of resources, because it has gone through many trials, because it knows well what needs to be done, because its entire being calmly progresses towards the goal.