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But with the dynamic forces of life, and those in whom those dynamic forces become incarnate, it is different. People whose desire is solely for self-realisation never know where they are going. They can’t know[126a]. In one sense of the word it is, of course, necessary, as the Greek oracle said, to know oneself.[126.1] That is the first achievement of knowledge. But to recognise that the soul of a man is unknowable is the ultimate achievement of Wisdom. The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in a balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul? [126b] When the son of Kish went out to look for his father’s asses, he did not know that a man of God was waiting for him with the very chrism of coronation, and that his own soul was already the Soul of a King.[126.2]但是生命里各种生机勃勃的活力，那些成为这些活力的化身的人们，就不同了。那些意愿只在自我实现的人，是从来不知道自己在往哪儿去的。他们无从知道[126a]。当然，在某个意义上说，就像古希腊的神谕所称的，有必要了解自己。这是第一步知识。但是认识到一个人的灵魂是不可知的，则是终极智慧。最终的秘密是人自己。即使称出了太阳的轻重，量出了月亮的圆缺，一颗星不漏地标出了九天的星图，还剩下个自己呢。谁算得出自己灵魂的轨道呢？基士的儿子出去为父亲找驴时，并不知道有个叫耶和华的人正拿着加冕的膏在等他，而他的灵魂已经成了王者的灵魂。
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