It would seem that Ralph Waldo Emerson coined this famous phrase, suggesting that knowledge of the self would lead to the pleasant discovery of God permanent if often unwlecomed presence in one's soul.
Emerson apparently advised that knowing the self, and growing one's soul was as if one had opened a door to an inner chamber in one's heart, and chamber with a divine portal that connects one to the Divinity directly, and this image seems useful and accurate.
As one maverizes, apperpection or self-awareness must grow, deepen, sharped and increase as the self actualizes more and more. As the individual becomes aware of the self, his knowledge about nature, God, others and the universe grows by leaps and bounds.
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