{"id":4541,"date":"2025-08-04T00:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T21:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yanisntousias.com\/?page_id=4541"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:18:58","slug":"questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yanisntousias.com\/en\/questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&amp;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4541\" class=\"elementor elementor-4541\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-839cc55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"839cc55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9fd9dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9fd9dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q&amp;A<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84lxekd animated-slow e-transform e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84lxekd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_transform_translateX_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8febc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd8febc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc1ef30 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc1ef30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d59a5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"74d59a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f804fba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f804fba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Self and the \"world\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7b7e71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7b7e71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: In order to know the \"world,\" one forgets the Self. In order to know the Self, one forgets the \"world.\"<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: Isn't the self connected to the world?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: The \"world\" is perceived through the limited perception provided by the five senses.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The physical-mental organism that we usually call \"self\" is perceived in the same way.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Self (with a capital S, which some call Spirit or otherwise the true Being, the Is) is the One who perceives \"behind\" these.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In order for the Self to experience its true nature, it needs direct perception (or \"intuition\").\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The ancient Greeks called this way of perception \"myo\" (mystery, mystery, etc.), meaning \"I perceive without using the five senses.\"\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In this state (or state of meditation), the \"world\" does not exist in the current sense.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac85c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ac85c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c1b60 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"80c1b60\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc85f6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2bc85f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8af6a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8af6a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Enlightenment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ec882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97ec882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: It is said that the last delusion of the student is Enlightenment.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yanis: The so-called \"Enlightenment,\" or Self-Awareness, is the state in which that which IS experiences its true nature.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In this state, there are no distorting lenses of identities, nor, of course, those of the \"student.\"<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now, it simply IS.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3f40c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d3f40c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668cfcd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"668cfcd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e96e26 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5e96e26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-571180d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"571180d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The spiral staircase of Self-Awareness<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-971b673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"971b673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: Is the cessation of desires achieved through \"indifference\"?\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Or is it that as the \"drops\" in the \"glass\" increase, we automatically experience a reduction in desires?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: One helps the other.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">With the \"drops,\" that is, with Awakening, the duration of the Presence of the actual Being increases, as does the way of perceiving Him, which is Intuition.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">This results in an ever-expanding View, understanding, as a result of the now increased Energy of Presence, and therefore less identification, i.e. more \"indifference.\"<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">This, in turn, creates more Awakening, more \"moments.\"<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is the wonderful spiral \"ladder\"; the Path of Self-Knowledge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2530d94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2530d94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f904d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46f904d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-961fe7e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"961fe7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06f911a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06f911a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is there a feeling of loneliness when you ARE?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fda401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fda401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: When you are with the Essence, don't you feel lonely?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: There is no such thing, neither as a \"feeling\" nor as a concept.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">When you ARE, you are complete.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also, you cannot be \"with the Essence.\"<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can only be the Essence.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: It requires thought, I don't understand...<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: As you will have noticed from our discussions, or by watching the group's posts and videos uploaded to YouTube, during meditation, the personality, i.e., the lower mental and emotional (and therefore the identities related to form), is completely passivized, and Consciousness, my true nature, THAT WHICH I AM, is activated. Then MY way of perception is through the \"instrument\" of Intuition.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In that state (meditation), \"I\" as a body-mind do not exist.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The meditator no longer exists.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Or, in other words,\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">meditation has occurred when there is no longer a meditator.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d237ddd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d237ddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-338aac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"338aac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Self-awareness and God<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e871783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e871783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: When you talk about \"let my will be done,\" I get confused and don't understand it because it's completely contrary to my beliefs.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Because I don't feel like God.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u0393\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2:\u00a0 \u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c5\u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5 \u03b5\u03b4\u03ce, \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bb\u03ad\u03bc\u03b5 \u0395\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03af\u03b1 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03b5\u03af \u03cc\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03bb\u03ad\u03bf\u03bd \u03c5\u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03ba\u03ac\u03b8\u03b5 &#8220;\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9\u201d.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Because everything you \"believe,\" even that you are this particular mental-emotional form, represents what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>you think<\/strong><\/span> you are.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">You, the personality, are not God.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">But YOU, who give LIFE to this personality, ARE God.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">And THAT which YOU ARE has its own Will and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>acts accordingly<\/strong><\/span> in each different case.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d737dd9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d737dd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b86578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b86578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Personality and Self<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-946d678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"946d678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: Yannis, I don't know how necessary it is to use the ego in such a non-egoic experience...<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: What is very easy to understand is that communication through the five senses and cognitive-emotional translations is extremely limited.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Usually, for the sake of broader understanding, when I use \"I am,\" I am referring to the physical-mental organism, that is, the personality that is usually considered to be me.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, when I use \"I AM,\" I am referring to my true nature, to what I really AM, to the formless, impersonal \"Spirit,\" to the multidimensional IS, to the SELF.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">And as you understand very well, I AM when what I \"am\" is passive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5b782b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f5b782b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c6c8a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c6c8a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To whom does \"pain\" belong?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b9bbbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b9bbbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: Man should be proud of his pain because every sorrow is a reminder of his higher Essence.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: Very soon on this Path, it becomes clear that Man is not a physical-mental organism.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Man is the multidimensional Being, the true Being.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Path of Self-Knowledge represents the Experience of this reality.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">This Being is not touched by pride, nor does it feel pain or sorrow.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, we often confuse Man with the \"human being\"; the physical-mental organism and the qualities that each ego has.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thus, the ego-seeker (mystic, spiritual, etc.) has its own rules-filters with which it interprets events.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Take advantage of the power of identification in events by \"emptying\" yourself and propel yourself as understanding, as what you ARE.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd22f7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"acd22f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c7584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6c7584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is there only one now?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c06187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c06187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: Is there only one now?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: Yes and no.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yes, there is the eternal Now in which intellectual and emotional translations, the \"I\", are absent.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is the way in which the state of Being, What I AM, is \"nourished.\"<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">No, because there are much more subtle states of Consciousness that operate on different \"steps\" of the Now, where primordial recordings, polarizations of Being, are made.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, the transition to the \"vertical\" Path, the Path of Self-Awareness, is through the cessation of daydreaming and intellectual-emotional translation, that is, in the Now, where Life and Joy are.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Where I AM.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65562d5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"65562d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1bec1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d1bec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Self-Awareness there are no two<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a8416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24a8416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Question: In order for someone to enter a state of self-awareness, for Awareness or Self-Awareness to manifest, is it not a prerequisite to be absent?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: Exactly!<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Self-awareness occurs when the Self experiences its true nature.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">There, everything has been abandoned.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Even the egoic desire for self-awareness.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are no two.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is only ME, What I AM.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Meditation has happened when there is no longer a meditator.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0bf19 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6a0bf19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb84f55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb84f55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the opinion of \"others\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1537dd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1537dd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Q. How can I stop caring about the opinion of others?<\/p><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: Dependence on the opinions of others is a mechanical function of the \"ego-form\" as it operates through the personality, which can only be overcome by shifting attention from \"appearing\" to \"being,\" that is, through self-awareness.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">As long as your joy is dependent on external factors (praise, acceptance, recognition, etc.), you will always be bound to others.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Path of Self-Awareness leads to self-existent Joy (Ananda), which springs from \"Being\" and needs no external nourishment.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">When you experience this \"feeling\" of Fullness, even for a short time, the need for validation from others naturally diminishes.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Q. What steps can we take in this regard?\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: First, let's understand that we care about other people's opinions because we identify with our \"image,\" with our body.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">We consider ourselves to be the \"shadow on the cave wall\" (our personality) and we try to protect that image.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">When someone judges us negatively, we feel that our very existence is threatened because we need external validation in order to feel important or secure.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The solution comes with Experience, the Realization that we are not the personality, but the \"Witness\" who observes it.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Society functions like a \"Procrustes\" trying to bring us to its standards. The people around us, because of their own insecurity, try to keep us in specific molds of behavior. If we start to change or differentiate ourselves, they react to bring us back to the \"rut\" of the familiar and predictable.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">When we understand that their criticism stems from their own need for security and not from our reality, their opinion loses its weight.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Instead of reacting mechanically (with anger or sadness) to a crisis, i.e., \"biting\" at the hooks of external stimuli, you are called upon to remain detached, in a state of Self-Awareness.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">I would also say that you don't need to draw negative attention from others or flaunt your differences. You can function socially with diplomacy, without letting your \"inner\" state depend on it.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">When you feel that someone's opinion is affecting you, ask yourself: \"Who is being hurt?\"<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Is it your ego?\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Is it your identity as a \"good kid\" or a \"successful person\"?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Through this question, your attention turns to its source (the Self) and withdraws from the object of criticism.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">I would also suggest that you regularly practice Self-Residence when you are alone, that is, staying in the sense of Your Existence (\"I Am\") for a long time.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The more you \"feed\" your \"inner\" Observer with moments of Presence, the less power the \"leeches\" of public opinion will have to suck your energy.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In closing, I would say that you do not stop listening to the opinions of others; you stop identifying with the image that others have of you. You become Self-Supportive, staying within your own silent Presence and not in words or, more generally, in the influences of your environment.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bd7ed elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e6bd7ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e46eb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e46eb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To fully accept and love ourselves<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75171a0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"75171a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad8a0f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad8a0f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Q: How is it possible to accept and love ourselves completely?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: Unconditional acceptance and love for \u201courselves\u201d are not achieved by adding yet another new commandment of \u201clove\u201d or \u201cacceptance,\u201d or through \u201cself-improvement\u201d\u2014that is, by changing the programmed commands of the personality\u2014but by transcending the illusion of the \u201cego,\u201d or in other words, \u201cwho I think I am,\u201d and by experiencing our true nature.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">The self with which we usually identify (our name, body, memories, hopes, fears, virtues, and flaws) is in fact a \u201cform\u201d or a \u201cvehicle\u201d and not our True Self.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">True acceptance arises when we realize that we are not our bodies or our thoughts, but the Life that permeates them.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Thus, acceptance requires the deconstruction of the identities we have built. It represents the emptying of illusions and ingrained commands, so that we remain \u201cnaked\u201d (Tabula Rasa) in the face of Existence.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Love, in turn, is the natural state, the true nature of Being, of that which I AM.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">It is not something to be acquired externally or through mental commands (\u201cI must love myself\u201d), but something that wells up spontaneously when the personality is deactivated\u2014that is, when the mind and emotion quiet down.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Only when the \u201cfalse knower,\u201d the \u201cI,\u201d is completely abandoned, is revealed what always exists: the pure Love and Freedom of that which I AM, Bliss.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Q: Is there anything I can do to achieve this state?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: To reach absolute Love, one must practice Self-Remembrance\u2014the experiential answer to the question \u201cWho am I?\u201d\u2014which gradually gains duration and stabilizes into a state of Self-Abiding.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">This means to \u201cdwell,\u201d to abide within His Presence, where there is no separation or lack; where all is One.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In general, as a conclusion, I would say that the acceptance and Love of the \u201cself\u201d is not an act of reconciliation with our flaws, but the Realization, the Experience that we are the Whole, Life itself, which is by its very nature Perfect, Timeless and Indivisible.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc1ee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dc1ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Student of Self-Awareness<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de5579c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de5579c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Q. What does it mean to be a student on the path of Self-Knowledge, also known as \u201cEnlightenment\u201d?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: Being a student on the path of Self-Knowledge represents an attitude that differs radically from the traditional concept of school education in terms of how deeply existential it is.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In agreement with Socrates, a student is one who \u201cknows that he does not know.\u201d<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">It is the stage where the student\u2014the seeker\u2014realizes that they do not possess true Knowledge but operate through \u201cprogrammed commands\u201d or, in other words, through their \u201cpsychological lenses.\u201d<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In contrast to conventional learning, which accumulates information, the journey of Self-Knowledge is a process of \u201cunlearning.\u201d<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The student-seeker is called upon to let go of identities and roles in order to Experience their true nature.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">The experiential admission \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d is the necessary \u201cdoorway\u201d for one to open oneself to the possibility of True learning.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Q. Who can be considered a good\u2014or advanced\u2014student on the path to self-knowledge?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: A \u201cgood student\u201d is not necessarily someone with a high IQ, but rather someone who has the ability to focus their attention on a goal without \u201cflitting\u201d off into daydreams.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Learning this skill requires persistence and repetition (\u201crepetition is the mother of all learning\u201d), as the student must overcome the \u201cfascination-boredom\u201d dichotomy to solidify their new state.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">When the student masters the skill of remaining undistracted in what they are doing, they possess the \u201cmaster key\u201d (the key that opens all doors) to every form of learning.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">An advanced student, therefore, is not one who has spent many years engaged in the practice, but one who<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">quickly returns to the Presence after a moment of distraction.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Q. What determines a student\u2019s progress?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: A student\u2019s progress depends mainly on their dedication.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The student \u201cpays\u201d for their development with moments of pure Presence, that is, with the energy of engaging in the transition to the state of Awakening.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Through this way of life, the student constantly demonstrates \u201cthis is what I want,\u201d thus attracting the necessary Knowledge.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Q. How can one find a Teacher to help them?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: There is a well-known saying: \u201cWhen the student is ready, the Teacher comes.\u201d<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The \u201cTeacher\u201d may not be a person, but an event, a book, or an inner inspiration (\u201cEureka\u201d) that appears when the student has gathered the necessary energy of inquiry.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The student must be completely open (without prejudice), like an \u201cempty vessel,\u201d in order to be able to accept and attune to the Teaching however it appears to them, without distorting it through their own interpretations.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In conclusion, I would say that being a student means approaching everyday life as if it were school and exams, constantly seeking the \u201cspirit\u201d behind the surface of events.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17b19a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17b19a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mechanical and Conscious Concentration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cde6c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cde6c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Q. You use the word \u201cidentification\u201d very often.\nWhat does identification represent, and how does it differ from conscious concentration?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u03a4\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c9\u03c0\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03c4\u03b1\u03cd\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03b4\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: In both situations, there is a focus of attention, so both are states of concentration.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In identification, Consciousness becomes \u201cone with\u201d the conceptual translation of information\u2014whether it comes from the senses or from the cognitive-emotional world\u2014and essentially nourishes, strengthens, and stabilizes these specific \u201clenses\u201d of translation.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">The difference between them is that in identification\u2014which we could also call mechanical concentration\u2014Consciousness \u201cgets lost\u201d within the translation of information (e.g., in a movie or a fit of anger) and is in a state of self-hypnosis.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In Conscious concentration, there is co-awareness, awareness, and the intuitive recognition of \u201cwhat I am doing\u201d and what my Purpose is, where the \u201cWitness\u201d remains Awake and observes the action without being absorbed by it.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Through identification, we nourish and strengthen the \u201cego\u201d; we move on the wheel of mechanical repetition, on the wheel of Samsara,<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">whereas through conscious\u2014or volitional\u2014concentration, we nurture awareness, the intuitive mode of perception,<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">and the possibility arises for liberation from the bonds of mechanicality,<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">the possibility for the Awakening of That Which I AM<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66823c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b66823c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who am I, really?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43facd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43facd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Q. Who am I\u2014the one who thinks I am this form?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: So who are you, then? The truth is, you can\u2019t come up with an intellectual answer to that.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">If you answer with words like \u201cI am a soul,\u201d \u201cI am energy,\u201d you\u2019re simply building a new mental \u201cbar\u201d in your prison.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">The true answer comes when the mind falls silent and you reach the point of \u201cI know that I know nothing.\u201d<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In that void, in that state of emptiness, the intuitive recognition of your existence emerges.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">It is the moment when the prisoner in Plato\u2019s cave turns his head and realizes that he is the Being that is Beheld, and not the shadow that is made to be Beheld.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In short, You are the primordial Consciousness that dreams of being a form.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Delving deeper into \u201cwho You are\u201d means \u201cdying\u201d to Your identification with the \u201ccostume\u201d of personality, so that You may be resurrected as the self-existent Presence that You have always been.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1be01e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1be01e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a concept?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04674cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04674cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Q. We often hear that everything is a concept, that everything is mind.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">What is a concept to you?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: A concept is a mental tool we use to communicate, but at the same time, it also limits our direct perception.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">On a physical level, a concept is something transmitted through a sound pulse, such as speech, or a visual pulse, such as writing, an image, or a video. This signal is then decoded by the receiver based on their own internal archetypes and records.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">A concept offers a partial idea of understanding or an \u201cillusion of understanding.\u201d When we say a word, it brings up an image already stored in the brain, which, however, is not reality itself, but a translation of it.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Every concept is filtered through each person\u2019s psychological lens. For example, the concepts of \u201cfreedom\u201d or \u201clove\u201d mean something different to each person, depending on their experiences and ingrained beliefs. This often leads to a \u201cTower of Babel\u201d situation, where we use the same words but mean different things.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Concepts are necessary for us to communicate while we are in a state of \u201cforgetfulness\u201d\u2014that is, when we have forgotten our true nature. We use words and concepts such as \u201cTruth,\u201d \u201cSelf,\u201d \u201cBeing,\u201d or \u201cI\u201d to describe situations that are, in reality, beyond words and their mental interpretations.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Q. So what we understand in a conversation are concepts, and depending on the stimulus, we project our own.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: Exactly! Everything we discuss\u2014the Path, Self-Knowledge, Intuition, even \u201cEnlightenment\u201d\u2014are mental concepts.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">They are \u201cfingers\u201d pointing toward the Truth, but they are not the Truth itself.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">We shouldn\u2019t get hung up on the \u201cfinger,\u201d but rather look where it\u2019s pointing.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In our search for Freedom, we often use certain concepts that act as a second thorn\u2014one we use to remove a thorn that is already embedded in our skin\u2014that is, our old, entrenched beliefs.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Once the thorn is removed, we discard both. In other words, we use the \u201ccorrect\u201d concepts to nullify the \u201cincorrect\u201d ones, until we reach direct Experience\u2014where words are no longer needed\u2014and which represents what we usually call meditation.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">In other words, a concept is a cognitive-emotional representation that replaces Experience.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">True Knowledge\u2014what I usually call Silent Knowledge\u2014begins where concepts (and thus intellectual translation) end, allowing direct perception, the intuitive approach to Reality, to well up.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feddc7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feddc7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Experience of Reality<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261be8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"261be8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Q: Can you give us an example to illustrate the fundamental difference between the personality and the true Self?<\/p><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: Let\u2019s take the example of a computer.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The personality is likened to software programs (Word, Excel, etc.) that run on the computer and consist of recorded commands, memories, and social roles.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Self, the Spirit, is the electrical current that brings these programs to life.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Self-knowledge is not about correcting the programs, but about Experiencing the Energy behind them.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Q: You used the word \u201cExperience,\u201d and you often tell us that \u201cto experience\u201d means \u201cto sense.\u201d What does this mean to you?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Yannis: It means that true Knowledge does not come through the five senses or mental processing, but through an intuitive mode of perception.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Experiencing is the ability to perceive Reality directly, without the \u201ctranslating lenses\u201d of preconceptions and the past, and in some cases without the limited way of receiving information through the five senses.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">When I am in a state of Experience, \u201cI\u201d and the object of my seeking become One. When asking \u201cwhat does the poet mean?\u201d, I do not speculate, I do not interpret, but \u201cI\u201d become the \u201cpoet,\u201d I AM the \u201cpoet,\u201d the tree, the mountain, the sea\u2026<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Now I AM the abstract core, the Spirit of any situation, whether it is perceived through the five senses or not.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Experience, then, is the state of attunement\u2014what we usually call Love\u2014where personal identity is lost and the transition to Unity, to the One, to Knowledge, takes place.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b357ca3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b357ca3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Self and Personality<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f509e4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f509e4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><div dir=\"auto\"><p>Q: Can you give us an example to illustrate the fundamental difference between personality and the true Self?<\/p><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: Let\u2019s take the example of a computer.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The personality is likened to software programs (Word, Excel, etc.) that run on the computer and consist of recorded commands, memories, and social roles.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The Self, the Spirit, is the electrical current that brings these programs to life.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Self-knowledge is not about correcting the programs, but about Experiencing the Energy behind them.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Q: You used the word \u201cExperience,\u201d and you often tell us that \u201cto experience\u201d means \u201cto sense.\u201d What does this mean to you?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: It means that true Knowledge does not come through the five senses or mental processing, but through an intuitive mode of perception.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Experiencing is the ability to perceive Reality directly, without the \u201ctranslating lenses\u201d of preconceptions and the past, and in some cases without the limited way of receiving information through the five senses.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">When I am in a state of Experience, \u201cI\u201d and the object of my seeking become One. When asking \u201cwhat does the poet mean?\u201d, I do not speculate, I do not interpret, but \u201cI\u201d become the \u201cpoet,\u201d I AM the \u201cpoet,\u201d the tree, the mountain, the sea\u2026<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Now I AM the abstract core, the Spirit of any situation, whether it is perceived through the five senses or not.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Experience, then, is the state of attunement\u2014what we usually call Love\u2014where personal identity is lost and the transition to Unity, to the One, to Knowledge, takes place.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1da983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1da983\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Fundamental Problem of Humanity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c9a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19c9a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Q. Mr. Dousias, what do you consider to be the fundamental problem of humanity?\u00a0<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Yannis: When someone focuses on this question, they will soon realize that the answer is \u201cthe anarchic state of their mental and emotional world\u201d\u2014or, in other words, the dormant attention that \u201csnaps,\u201d that is, that is driven and guided by the needs and priorities of each \u201cego-devil\u201d (devil from the Greek word for \u201cto slander\u201d).\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The degree of control and organization of this world also represents the corresponding real value acquired by the entity called \u201chuman.\u201d\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In Papazoglou\u2019s well-known song, Rasoulis describes this chaotic state that prevails in the priorities of everyday life through the lines: \u201cSometimes Buddha, sometimes Koudas, sometimes Jesus and Judas\u2014I\u2019ve already figured out the game of my life.\u201d<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">This is a very important step\u2014though rare to achieve\u2014to understand \u201cthe game of one\u2019s life.\u201d<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Jesus also commented on this, saying, \u201cYou are like tombs that have been whitewashed\u2014clean and white on the outside but full of filth, bones, and worms on the inside.\u201d\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Q. Can this change?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Yiannis: Yes, it\u2019s possible, but they also need help. The \u201chuman being\u201d has infinite potential but lacks \u201cinner\u201d strength.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Q. How could they do something that is within their current capabilities?<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Yiannis: Through Will and, as mentioned earlier, with help. By consistently demonstrating that this is what they want\u2014that they want to break free from their current situation. As a result of this dedication, help follows.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">It begins with the will of a self-seeker until a sufficient amount of free Consciousness is created to take over the journey from there.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In any case, at the beginning, self-discipline is needed, along with a supportive group that will bring the seeker back on track and remind them of the priority they have set as their Goal, when the influences of daily life and identification with them lead them away from it.\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Q. 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