Friday, July 12, 2013

WHO AM 'I'? , inquiry will not yield the full truth, because it yields only fallacy of the form, not time and space.+


The seeker has to realize: ~

Sage Sankara says: ~What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, in something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress. 

Self-inquiry prescribed by  Sage Ramana Maharishi is a good tool at the beginning of the pursuit of truth. But the seeker will find it inadequate in later stages. However, it creates lots of doubts and confusion.  

The seeker has to find the answers on his own through deeper reasoning, then all his doubts and confusions will be cleared, and he will be able to move ahead in the path of inquiry, and he will be able to reach his non-dual destination.

The ‘Who am ‘I’? Inquiry reveals only the unreality of the form not the unreality of the time and space. Therefore, a deeper investigation is necessary to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The journey is incomplete with ‘Who am ‘I’?  because as one goes into a deeper self-search he becomes aware of the fact that ‘I’ represent the form, time, and space and the form, time and space are merely an illusion.  The ‘I’ is not the soul, the innermost self, therefore,  it is no use in holding ‘I’  as the self because of the Soul, the Self is ever ‘I-less.  

The ‘WHO AM ‘I’?’ inquiry is good at starting point of the pursuit of truth but in later stages, it created lots of confusion.   the Soul, the innermost Self is genderless because it is formless. If the Self is formless, then it is not He/She. Therefore, using the word ‘I AM’ for the self is erroneous.
Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the Self is not the ‘I’, therefore ‘WHO AM I- inquiry will not help to unfold the truth beyond the form, time, and space.

The one who holds the ‘I’ as the Self never will be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Thus, it is necessary to realize first the ‘I’ is not the self, but the Soul, the formless witness of the ‘I’ is the Self.
You and your experience of the world are nothing to do with the Soul, the innermost Self because you are not the Self.  
WHO AM ‘I’?- inquiry is for the beginners. The WHO AM ‘I’?- inquiry is inadequate in the later stages. 
There is no need to inquire ‘WHO AM ‘I’? , because, the ‘I’, itself is an illusion. The seeker has to realize how this ‘I’ is an illusion, by a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’.
When the Self is neither the waking entity (ego) nor the Self is the ‘I  then the 'WHO AM ‘I’- inquiry will not yield the full truth,   because it yields only fallacy of the form, not time and space.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

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