"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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