"I am that I am"

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D.: Is the thought " I am God " or " I am the Supreme Being " helpful ?

 

Sri Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi.: " I am that I am. "

" I am " is God - not thinking, " I am God ".

Realise " I am " and do not think I am.

" Know I am God " - it is said, and not " Think I am God."

 

Later Sri Bhagawan continued: It is said " I AM that I AM ". That

means a person must abide as the 'I'. He is always the 'I' alone. He

is nothing else. Yet he asks "Who am I?" A victim of illusion would

ask "Who am I?" and not a man fully aware of himself. The wrong

identity of the Self with the non-self makes you ask, "Who am I?"

 

Later still: There are differant routes to Tiruvannamalai, but

Tiruvannamalai is the same by whichever route it is gained. Similarly

the approach to the subject varies according to the personality. Yet

the Self is the same. But still, being in Tiruvannamalai, if one asks

for the route it is ridiculous. So also, being the Self, if one asks

how to realise the Self it looks absurd. You are the Self. Remain as

the Self. That is all. The questions arise because of the present

wrong identification of the Self with the body. That is ignorance.

This must go. On its removal the Self alone is.

 

(From Talk no 354 - Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi.)

 

 

 

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