The essential question

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Nome, from Mandala Nine from his book, " Self-Knowledge. "

 

The essential question,

The direct question,

The supreme question,

The inquiry yielding

Realization of the Self:

Who am I?

All questions are really

That question,

" Who am I? "

Ceaselessly inquire,

" Who am I? "

With full penetration,

And thus the Self

Is Self-revealed.

For one who constantly

Inquires to know the Self,

Every moment is

Certainly profound.

Whatever the experience,

Be it subtle thought

Or sensed perception,

Then or now,

Here or there,

Of I or this,

For whom is it?

The way is nonobjective:

Who am I?

The essential question.

 

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In Arunachala,

Richard