The path of self-knowledge is the pursuit of authenticity. And the pursuit of authenticity is a process of freeing ourselves from the tyranny of the common.

Discovering those things that at some point we imagined could be different, that could be better, but that we resigned ourselves to because they are common. Oh well, everyone does it that way.

Staying attentive to those things that we never imagined possible, that are totally outside our imagination, but that when we see them we recognize them as authentically our own.

Like all qualities, some people have them innately and others need to develop them. Some are endowed with authenticity and are indissoluble in the mass. Others find it more difficult, they mirror themselves in the nearest one and have difficulty differentiating their own thoughts from the echo of someone else's.

And it all starts with innocent observation. Observe what we feel in certain situations, but what we really feel and not the idea we have of what someone should feel in that circumstance. Observe the flow of our thoughts and perceive how sometimes brilliant ideas, warnings or questions spring up that we simply ignore. Observe what we dream, which in the language of symbols puts us face to face with everything that our subconscious is processing.

Through simple observation, all artificial additions fade away and we find that authentic core that knows no limits and is totally free from the moorings of the normal.

Translation of the chapter from the book Cosas que la vida me enseñño

Don't be under any illusions. Everything you say about a person will come to their knowledge. So, watch that tongue. After that, it's useless to feel upset about people's indiscretion. It's like this.

More than one person's secret is no longer a secret. The moment you tell your secret to someone you trust, that person also tells it to another person he or she trusts, and so on. In a short time, dozens of people will know your secret.

So why tell? Why this need to expose yourself? Whenever you need to comment on someone, only say good things. A good exercise is: when you start saying something bad or start spewing green exorcist criticism about someone, reverse the sentence and start praising them immediately. Doesn't this person have something good to be praised for? Take a good look. Everyone has something good.

Translation of the chapter of the book Boas Maneiras by Prof. DeRose

More than half a century of life taught me to accept a human flaw as incurable: its dissatisfaction.

I went around the world countless times and met many, many people. I had intimate contact with a multitude of initiatory fraternities, cultural entities, professional colleges, sports academies, universities, schools, companies, federations, foundations .... In all of them, without exception, there was discontent.

In all human groups there is a cohesive force called egregore. According to the law of action and reaction, every force tends to generate an opposing force. Therefore, in these same groupings, small maladjustments constantly appear, which begin to take on dramatic contours through the refraction of an egocentric perspective that only takes into account the satisfaction of the expectations of an isolated individual who analyzes the facts according to his own convenience.

In other words, if the facts could be analyzed without the harmful interference of egos, it would be seen that there is nothing wrong with these facts except emotional instability. Instability that is congenital in all human beings since we are still in the process of evolution. After all, we are an extremely young species compared to other life forms on the planet. We are in the infancy of our evolution and, as such, we inevitably commit the natural immaturities of that phase.

Note that very few people are satisfied with their world. In general, everyone has complaints about their job, their subordinates and their superiors; their pay and recognition for their work; complaints about their parents, their children, their spouses, their condominium, the government of their country, their state, their city, the police, the justice system, the traffic department, taxes, rude neighbors, unqualified drivers, unruly pedestrians.... There is a lot to complain about, isn't there?

If we go down that road, we will conclude that the world is not a good place to live and we will continue to be bitter and make others bitter. Or we will commit suicide!

In ancient times, the Hindus observed this pandemic phenomenon of human dissatisfaction and taught how to resolve it:

If the floor has thorns, you don't want to cover the floor with leather. Cover your feet with shoes and walk on the thorns without worrying about them.

In other words, the solution is not to complain about people and circumstances and try to change them, but to educate oneself to adapt. The right attitude is to stop childishly wanting things to change to satisfy your ego, but to change yourself to adapt to reality. This is maturity. The other attitude is neurotic, for you will never be able to change people or institutions to suit your desires. Don't be a misfit.

So, enough of this. Let's accept people and things as they are. And let's try to like them. You will notice that they start to like you much more and that situations that seemed immovable before, now change spontaneously, without you having to complain to them. Try it, you will like the result!