Personal scales or weighing machines are usually kept in the bathroom. The reason being that we can find out our actual weight only when we are not wearing any clothes on. If we weigh yourself with our clothes on, then some of the weight displayed would include the weight of our clothes, our wallet, our watch & so on. But that is not our accurate weight. So when we weigh ourself without these add-ons, we find out our true weight.
Initially, I found the thought of weighing myself naked, a bit amusing. But it is far more philosophical than amusing. The same is true for the self and its worth. What are we worth? What do we measure ourselves against? What do we value ourselves against? We usually value ourselves according to our wealth, our qualifications or status in society. These are external adjectives that we gather in the journey of our life. But these are at best, add-ons!
Do we dare to go naked and then value ourselves? If we were brave enough to do that, we would find out our true worth. If we can shed away all our belongings, attachments & external baggage, and then value ourselves unbiasedly only on the basis what's inside, that would be our true worth. If we can weigh ourselves on the basis of what we are, rather than what we have, that would be our true weight. It's extremely difficult, but that's the only way to know our true weight.
Initially, I found the thought of weighing myself naked, a bit amusing. But it is far more philosophical than amusing. The same is true for the self and its worth. What are we worth? What do we measure ourselves against? What do we value ourselves against? We usually value ourselves according to our wealth, our qualifications or status in society. These are external adjectives that we gather in the journey of our life. But these are at best, add-ons!
Do we dare to go naked and then value ourselves? If we were brave enough to do that, we would find out our true worth. If we can shed away all our belongings, attachments & external baggage, and then value ourselves unbiasedly only on the basis what's inside, that would be our true worth. If we can weigh ourselves on the basis of what we are, rather than what we have, that would be our true weight. It's extremely difficult, but that's the only way to know our true weight.
