Self and self? Two selves? “Bull”, says Nisargadatta.

08-17-2001, 07:52 AM

The self you want to know, is it some second self? Are you made of several
selves? Surely, there is only one self and you are that self. The self you
are is the only self there is. Remove and abandon your wrong ideas about
yourself and there it is, in all its glory. (516-7)
There is no second, or higher self to search for. You are the highest self,
only give up the false ideas you have about your self. (517)
Your own self is your ultimate teacher (sadguru). The outer teacher (guru)
is merely a milestone. It is only your inner teacher that will walk with
you to the goal, for it is the goal. (51)

The self by its nature knows itself only. For lack of experience whatever
it perceives it takes to be itself. Battered, it learns to look out
(viveka) and to live alone (vairagya). When right behaviour (uparati)
becomes normal, a powerful inner urge (mukmukshutva) makes it seek its
source. The candle of the body is lighted and all becomes clear and bright.
(110)
You can observe the observation, but not the observer. You know you are the
ultimate observer by direct insight, not by a logical process based on
observation. You are what you are, but you know what you are not. The self
is known as being, the not-self is known as transient. But in reality all
is in the mind. The observed, observation and observer are mental
constructs. The self alone is. (219)
The self is universal and its aims are universal. There is nothing personal
about the self. (212)

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