Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Dear Harsha: I used "Whence am I" for this mornings meditation and It seems to be more exact then "Who Am I", because to enquire "Who" seems to point to another entity. Another Sage advised "What am I". Loving Sri Ramana RamanaMaharshi, Harsha <harshaimtm> wrote: > Ramana Maharshi suggested both "Who am I" and "Whence > am I" forms of inquiry. They can actually both go > together. "Whence am I" is very powerful but "Who am > I" has caught on more as Sri Ramana emphasized it over > and over again and for good reasons. In Sanskrit "Who > am I" is translated as "Kohum". "Who am I" can > naturally lead to looking into the "whereness of the > hereness!" > > There are other forms of inquiry as well which could > be used. If I recall correctly our own Jerry Katz had > come with "Why am I" which many liked very much as > well. > > What ever the inquiry, when the inquirer vanishes, > everything goes. > > Love to all > Harsha > > > > > ===== > /join > > > > > > > > > > News - Today's headlines > http://news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Ramana Maharshi suggested both "Who am I" and "Whence am I" forms of inquiry. They can actually both go together. "Whence am I" is very powerful but "Who am I" has caught on more as Sri Ramana emphasized it over and over again and for good reasons. In Sanskrit "Who am I" is translated as "Kohum". "Who am I" can naturally lead to looking into the "whereness of the hereness!" There are other forms of inquiry as well which could be used. If I recall correctly our own Jerry Katz had come with "Why am I" which many liked very much as well. What ever the inquiry, when the inquirer vanishes, everything goes. Love to all Harsha ===== /join News - Today's headlines http://news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Dear Harsha: Patanjali mentions "Who am I?" in aphorism IV.25. Feuerstein translates- -For him who sees the distinction [between sattva and Self] [there comes about] the discontinuation of the projection of the [false] self-sense.- In the commentary he says "Vyasa interprets the compound atma-bhava- bhavana as 'pondering upon one's own state of being' in the form of such questions as 'Who was I? Who am I? What will become of me?' I think the difference here between Feuerstein's translation and Vyasa's ( which F. obligingly adds)Is that Vyasa's sees Patanjali's intent as methodology instead of conceptualization. Arthur Osborne liked the phrase "What am I?" which comes to me unbidden sometimes also. Love Bobby G. , Harsha <harshaimtm> wrote: > Ramana Maharshi suggested both "Who am I" and "Whence > am I" forms of inquiry. They can actually both go > together. "Whence am I" is very powerful but "Who am > I" has caught on more as Sri Ramana emphasized it over > and over again and for good reasons. In Sanskrit "Who > am I" is translated as "Kohum". "Who am I" can > naturally lead to looking into the "whereness of the > hereness!" > > There are other forms of inquiry as well which could > be used. If I recall correctly our own Jerry Katz had > come with "Why am I" which many liked very much as > well. > > What ever the inquiry, when the inquirer vanishes, > everything goes. > > Love to all > Harsha > > > > > ===== > /join > > > > > > > > > > News - Today's headlines > http://news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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