The Importance of Self-Knowledge

It is not by gopying into ourselves but by getting to know the world in all its parts bit by bit that we become selfless. We only need to look inside ourselves, but there we find only the lower self. I have known people who said, what do I need? I don't need anything because I am Atma. There is no worse phrase than this. People say to me, you tell us about development and the like, but we want elevation of the soul, of the feelings. Everyone who says that is their own enemy.