Everyone has experience of the Self in every moment of his life. It is our most intimate thing, and still people do not seem able to understand. The Self cannot be investigated. The investigation can only be into the non-self. Elimination of the non-self is alone possible. The mind is only a projection of the Self. appearing in the waking state. Each one wants to know the Self. What kind of help does one require to know oneself? People want to see the Self as something new. But it is eternal and remains the same all along. They desire to see it as a blazing light, etc. How can it be so? It is not light, not darkness. It is only as it is. It cannot be defined. the best definition is 'I am that I AM'. It is only Being, but different from the real and unreal; it is Knowledge, but different from knowledge and ignorance. How can it be defined at all? It is simply Being. All thoughts arise after the arising of the 'I'-thought. See to whom the thoughts arise. Then you transcend them and they subside. This is to say, tracing the source of the 'I'-thought, you realize the perfect 'I'-'I'. 'I' is the name of the Self. The other methods (like repetition of words, etc.) are meant for those who cannot take to the investigation of the Self. In all of them, a doer is necessary. Who is it? It is 'I'. Be that 'I'. It is the direct method. The other methods also will ultimately lead everyone to this method of the investigation of the Self. Because your outlook has been outward bent, it has lost sight of the Self and your vision is external. The Self is not found in external objects. Turn your look within and plunge down; you will be the Self. Think 'I' 'I' 'I' and hold to that one thought to the exclusion of all others. But how can I live this life today and try to bring all this in my life? Click here to know.
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