A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY – BHIKKHU REVATA

A Journey Of Self-Discovery

Bhikkhu Revata

Introduction

From the time we first open our eyes soon after our birth until we close them for the last time at death, our eyes see many things. Much of our knowledge comes to us from what we see. In the course of a lifetime, we come to know and see many different things. Consider how many things you have seen just today since you opened your eyes on waking up, and how many more things you’ll have seen by the time you close your eyes when you go to sleep tonight. In the course of this one day, you will have known and seen many things.

What is it we see? We see pleasnt and unpleasant things, things we like and things we don’t like, things we decide to pursue and things we try our best to avoid. We act this way because we know from experience how to manipulate our circumstances to our own greatest advantage and least possible disadvantage. This is what constitutes our knowledge. We regard our resulting intentions as correct and honourable. We are justified in thinking this way because this is how we see everyone else acting around us, and to a certain extent it works.