Self-realization
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"The attempt to fuse the public and the private lies behind both Plato's attempt to answer the question "Why is it in one's interest to be just?" and Christianity's claim that perfect self-realization can be attained through service to others." --Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989) by Richard Rorty, p. xiii |
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Self-realization is an expression used in Western psychology, philosophy, and spirituality; and in Indian religions. In the Western understanding it is the "fulfillment by oneself of the possibilities of one's character or personality" (see also self-actualization). In the Indian understanding, self-realization is liberating knowledge of the true Self, either as the permanent undying atman, or as the absence (sunyata) of such a permanent Self.
See also
- Brahman
- Enlightenment (spiritual)
- Moksha
- Mysticism
- Nondualism
- Self-actualization
- Self-discovery
- Consciousness
- Atma bodha
- Self-fulfillment
- Self-realization in Jungian psychology
- Simran