RES: remember the 'I' thought and seek its source

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Nisargadatta , " Cecilia " <martone wrote:

>

> Hi Bill

>

> Thank you for your thoughts.

>

> I meant the Self as " I " really..in In the book " Self Inquiry " (

p.4), we

> read Sri Ramana Maharshi saying:

> " ... the thoughts that appear in the heart have as their basis the

egoity

> which is the first mental mode �I�, the cognition of the form �I

>

> am the body�; thus, it is the rise of egoity that is the cause and

source of

> the rise of all other

>

> thoughts(...) "

>

> I was asking about the mental mode " I " , in fact. If the " I " that

is the

> origin of all thoughts was not the real Self.

>

>

>

> Thank you again

>

> Cecilia

 

It is the cognizing of a self that has itself as its own-being.

 

This is the distortion.

 

And the attempt to hold to that self, so as to have a possession, and

objectification.

 

And then, all experiences, all object that attach to that, come with that.

 

One's history, future, world.

 

The world of objects, of experiences to be had, of survival.

 

Once I have a self as an object " in here " - then I have objects " out

there " and their relation to that self - either hurtful or helpful.

 

To relinquish the self is to relinquish objects.

 

And if so, there is no need to cognize a " Self " or anything else, like

a " God " or " Being " or " Guru " or whatever ... as these are all objects,

are objectifications, are thoughts that are held.

 

There is no need for any object, if there is no self-object being held.

 

-- D.