Who is the Ultimate 'I'?

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“Here one may get confused. From where did this (Ultimate) 'I' come when there

is already an 'I' which is asserting itself so clearly? Let us see.

 

In the very beginning, it seemed as though the body itself was 'I'. Afterwards,

it appeared as if the senses were 'I'. Later the mind and the intellect

appeared to be 'I'. Even in the mundane world, the body is sometimes referred

to as 'I'. For example, we say -- 'I have fair complexion.' Sometimes the

mind will be referred to as 'I'. For instance, 'I am a scholar.' Even the

sense organs are often considered as 'I'. For, e.g., 'I am seeing.' Ignorant

beings refer to different things as 'I' in different circumstances. Just

because it seems so to them, can we say that the body is the self? Or can we

declare that the mind or the intellect or the indriyas are 'I'? All these are

'seen' and therefore can never be the 'seer'. Similarly, even the ego, which

asserts as 'I' 'I' can also never be the Ultimate 'I'.

 

If so, who is the Ultimate 'I'?

 

Sri Swamiji

Lessons In Vedanta - 5 part V

 

Sri Guru Datta,

Swamiji Says

 

 

 

 

 

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