Self-inquiry is to know ‘what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality. It is erroneous to limit the ‘I’ within the body.+

 

Who am I?" this question was boldly taken up by the great Advaitic Sage Sankara who wrote commentaries on some of the spiritual treatises known as the Upanishads, which form the latter part of the Vedas, the holy scriptures. Sage Sankara addressed the scholars, philosophers, and monks of his day.

The deep inquiry into the nature of the ‘I’ frees the Soul from the illusory bondage of the ‘I’.

The ‘Who Am ‘I’?- inquiry is for beginners to expose the unreal nature of the ego.

'Who am I?'- inquiry has no dynamic, direct, universal appeal it is just a starter in the Atmic Path.

Self-inquiry is to know ‘what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality. It is erroneous to limit the ‘I’ within the body.

Thinking the ‘I’ is within the body and inquiring ‘Who Am ‘I’ will not help to unfold the mystery of the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ hides the reality of existence. The nature of existence is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

There is no ‘I’ in reality. The ‘I’ is merely an illusion. Whatever belongs to the ‘I’ is merely an illusion.

The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless, and spaceless subject.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then three states, are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If the 'I’ is an illusion then the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be?

The seeker has to make sure the unreal nature of the ‘I’ that comes and goes to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole.:~Santthosh Kumaar