{"id":1449,"date":"2016-12-26T18:30:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoboctn.com\/2016\/12\/26\/the-real-drive-to-understand-the-self-though-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:53:20","slug":"the-real-drive-to-understand-the-self-though-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somniantes.com\/?p=1449","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The real drive to understand the self, though, comes not from the need to develop treatments, but from a more deep-seated urge that we all share: the desire to understand ourselves. Once self-awareness emerged through evolution, it was inevitable that an organism would ask, \u2015 Who am I? Across vast stretches of inhospitable space and immeasurable time, there suddenly emerged a person called Me or I. Where does this person come from? Why here? Why now? You, who are made of star-dust, are now standing on a cliff, gazing at the starlit sky pondering your own origins and your place in the cosmos.<br \/>\n\u0e1e\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e41\u0e17\u0e49\u0e08\u0e23\u0e34\u0e07\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e17\u0e33\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e1e\u0e27\u0e01\u0e40\u0e23\u0e32\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e23\u0e39\u0e49\u0e08\u0e31\u0e01\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07,\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e04\u0e34\u0e14, \u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e21\u0e32\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e08\u0e33\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e43\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1e\u0e31\u0e12\u0e19\u0e32\u0e27\u0e34\u0e18\u0e35\u0e23\u0e31\u0e01\u0e29\u0e32\u0e42\u0e23\u0e04, \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e21\u0e32\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e25\u0e36\u0e01\u0e25\u0e07\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1e\u0e27\u0e01\u0e40\u0e23\u0e32\u0e17\u0e38\u0e01\u0e04\u0e19\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e19\u0e21\u0e35 : \u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e32\u0e23\u0e16\u0e19\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e08\u0e30\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e08\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1e\u0e27\u0e01\u0e40\u0e23\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07 \u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e23\u0e39\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e36\u0e01\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e21\u0e35\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e15\u0e49\u0e19\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e21\u0e31\u0e19\u0e40\u0e01\u0e34\u0e14\u0e02\u0e36\u0e49\u0e19\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e14\u0e27\u0e34\u0e27\u0e31\u0e12\u0e19\u0e32\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23, \u0e08\u0e19\u0e21\u0e31\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e35\u0e01\u0e40\u0e25\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e07\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e48\u0e07\u0e21\u0e35\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e27\u0e34\u0e15\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e08\u0e30\u0e15\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e04\u0e33\u0e16\u0e32\u0e21\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32, \u2015\u0e09\u0e31\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e43\u0e04\u0e23 ? \u0e17\u0e48\u0e32\u0e21\u0e01\u0e25\u0e32\u0e07\u0e08\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e27\u0e32\u0e25\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e40\u0e27\u0e34\u0e49\u0e07\u0e27\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e40\u0e27\u0e25\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e31\u0e19\u0e15\u0e4c, \u0e2d\u0e22\u0e39\u0e48\u0e46 \u0e21\u0e31\u0e19\u0e01\u0e47\u0e40\u0e01\u0e34\u0e14\u0e04\u0e19\u0e46 \u0e2b\u0e19\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e02\u0e36\u0e49\u0e19\u0e21\u0e32\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e01\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32 \u201c\u0e40\u0e23\u0e32\u201d \u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d \u201c\u0e09\u0e31\u0e19\u201d. \u0e04\u0e19\u0e46 \u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e21\u0e32\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e19 ? \u0e21\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e39\u0e48\u0e15\u0e23\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e17\u0e33\u0e44\u0e21 ? \u0e17\u0e33\u0e44\u0e21\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e40\u0e27\u0e25\u0e32\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49 ? \u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e19\u0e30\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e21\u0e32\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e1d\u0e38\u0e48\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e14\u0e27\u0e07\u0e14\u0e32\u0e27, \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e15\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e01\u0e47\u0e01\u0e33\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07\u0e22\u0e37\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e39\u0e48\u0e23\u0e34\u0e21\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e49\u0e32\u0e1c\u0e32, \u0e08\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e17\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1f\u0e49\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e14\u0e32\u0e27\u0e23\u0e30\u0e22\u0e34\u0e1a \u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e01\u0e33\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07\u0e07\u0e07\u0e07\u0e27\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e15\u0e49\u0e19\u0e01\u0e33\u0e40\u0e19\u0e34\u0e14\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e37\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e43\u0e19\u0e08\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e27\u0e32\u0e25<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'>V.S. 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