False 'I'

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Hi Everybody,

 

I was going thru the book called "vivekachudamani" believed to be

written by Adi Shanakara himself. In this, he explains the different

kosha's or (sutle bodies) which could be conceived as 'I', which are

not the real 'I'.

 

1. Annamaya Kosha - Here 'anna' means food; a sutle body which

surives on the food. It is the gross body thru which we interact. It

is not the self.

 

2. Pranamaya kosha - Here 'prana' means life giving breath; another

sutle body which is responsible for the senses to work and the food

consumed by annamaya kosha to digest and excrete. This too is not

the 'I'.

 

3. Manomaya kosha - Here 'mano' means mind; another sutle body which

is responsible for thoughts when the parana activates the senses and

interacts with the world. This too is not the 'I'.

 

4. Vignanamaya kosha - Here 'vignana' refers to intellect; another

sutle dody responsible for making the decisions amongst vast thoughts

rising in the manomaya kosha. This too is not the 'I'.

 

5. Anandamaya kosha - Here 'Ananda' means happiness; another suttle

state eperienced when things go as planned and you are just happy as

things are; This too is not the 'I'.

 

This is so true. We all say, tts "my body", "my prana", "my

mind", "my intellect" and "my happiness or I am happy"; these are all

therefore not me; but the once seen by me, no matter how sutle they

are. Me, myself is the ever witnessing self.

 

So our FALSE 'I' can rise in any of these sutle states and take us

away from our true self of being a standing witnesss. Beware!! and

lets keep enquiring "Who am I?" when every you get consiously aware

of this false 'I'.

 

Thanks to lord Ramana, who made me aware of these FALSE 'I'. I pray

him to continue to provide this inner support until I abide in his

vast silence.

 

Om Namo Bagavathe Shri Ramanaya.