Sublime

‘Who am I to meditate on an object?’ Such a one must be told to find the Self. That is the finality. That is vichara.

Although nearer to pure consciousness, it is not fit for efforts to realise the Self.4

The mind, turned outwards, results in thoughts and objects. Turned inwards, it becomes itself the Self.13 Q: Even so, I do not understand. ‘I’,

Hence a jnani helps people following any particular path, whatever it may be.

when the mind is eliminated, suffering is found to be non-existent.

One of these great saints, Ramana Maharshi, used to ask, “Who am I?” We see now that this is a very deep question. Ask it ceaselessly, constantly. Ask it and you will notice that you are the answer. There is no intellectual answer—you are the answer. Be the answer, and everything will change.

pure awareness, which is the awareness that is never aware of anything other than itself.

The one obstacle is the mind and it must be overcome whether in the home or in the forest.