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The blank wall or the Ego exploration

«You can only discover what love is by knowing what it is not. Not knowing intellectually, but living, leaving aside what is not: jealousy, ambition and greed, all the division in life, me and you, us and them, black and white ... ». (Krishnamurti in Stuart Holroyd. Krishnamurti: The Man, the Mystery & the Message, 1991). Exploration by  singhaniket255 .  pixabay.com A person wants to know himself, investigate, discover ("explore" is the most neutral expression I find) and, at first glance, that seems like something that is fine. I remember Socrates in his "Know yourself" and I tell myself that I am in tune. Closer in time, I go back to Krishnamurti with "if one does not know oneself, one cannot go beyond the illusions projected by my own mind "(1) and I tell myself that I am well. I see all my purpose, my vision, my objective in good direction and I say that the approach is absolutely correct. But no. Sorry. I must say that if someone wants t...