Misagh

A Timeless Excerpt from Sri Ramana Maharshi

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1. "Who Am I?

The gross body, which is composed of the seven humors (dhātus),
I am not; the five cognitive sense organs, i.e., the senses of hearing,
touch, sight, taste, and smell, which apprehend their respective
objects, i.e., sound, touch, color, taste, and odor, I am not; the five
conative sense organs, i.e., the organs of speech, locomotion,
grasping, excretion, and procreation, which have as their respective
functions speaking, moving, grasping, excreting, and enjoying, I am
not; the five vital airs, prāṇa, etc., which perform respectively the
five functions of in-breathing, etc., I am not; even the mind which
thinks, I am not; the nescience too, which is endowed only with the
residual impressions of objects, and in which there are no objects
and no functions, I am not.

2. If I am none of these, then who am I?

After negating all of the above-mentioned as “not this, not this,”
that Awareness which alone remains—that I am."

^ Leo has a great video explaining the practice of "Not this, not this (Neti-Neti)" for those who are interested. 

Edited by Misagh

There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen! - Rumi

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Right on mayn. I find negating style of self inquiry to be much more worthwhile than trying to come up with what you are. 

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