NIZ 10

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o know what you are you must first investigate and know what you are not. And to

know what you are not, you must watch yourself carefully, rejecting all that

does not necessarily go with basic fact `I am'. The ideas: I am born at a given

place, at a given time, from my parents and now I am so-and-so, living at,

married to, father of, employed by, and so on, are not inherent in the sense `I

am'. Our usual attitude is `I am this' or `that'. Separate consistently and

perseveringly the `I am' from `this' or `that' and try to feel what it means to

be, just to `be', without being `this' or `that'. All our habits go against it

and the task of fighting them is long and hard sometimes, but clear

understanding helps a lot. The clearer you understand that on the level of the

mind you can be described in negative terms only the quicker you will come to

the end of your search and realize your limitless being.