On: Ask HN: How Do I Know My True Self?

[momentmaker]

I'd suggest reading the book The Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahamsa Yogananda.

Don't worry, it's not about yoga in the western (posture) sense. Yoga means union.

It's about realizing your "true self" as a tiny fragment of the greater whole. Like a water drop merging with the vast ocean.

Fun fact:

Steve Jobs instructed everyone at his funeral to receive this book as his final gift...

[hhs → momentmaker]

That's interesting, I didn't know about that fact.

This reminds me of systems theory, too. That is, how things merge and, sometimes, even produce something totally new - like emergent behavior.