the sense i am = self-inquiry

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When this question Who am I? is raised, what results is silence, an

ending of the entire thought-process. Be watchful: cling to this

silence. This silence, though temporary, is the link between the 'I'

and the Self. " True Silence where no thoughts exist, is the real

state of Realisation, " says Sri Bhagavan. The 'I' is a distortion of

this state of quietude, being a movement, a wave in the ocean of

stillness.

 

From Sri Ramana, the Self Supreme by K. Swaminathan, pp. 113–14.

 

http://www.realization.org/page/books/sri_ramana_the_self_supreme.htm