So long as you think 'I am walking,' 'I am writing,' enquire who does it.

[Guest guest]

D. : Is it enough if I spend some time in the mornings and some time in the

evenings for this atma-vichara? Or should I do it always -- say, even when I am

writing or walking?

M. : Now what is your real nature? Is it writing, walking, or being? The one

unalterable reality is Being. Until you realise that state of pure being you

should pursue the enquiry. If once you are established in it there will be no

further worry.

No one will enquire into the source of thoughts unless thoughts arise. So long

as you think 'I am walking,' 'I am writing,' enquire who does it.

These actions will however go on when one is firmly established in the Self.

Does a man always say, 'I am a man, I am a man, I am a man,' every moment of

his life? He does not say so and yet all his actions are going on.

(from Talks 596, Sri Ramanasramam, 1978)