Who is this 'I'

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Who is this 'I'?

It cannot be the body nor the mind as we have seen before.

This 'I' is the one who experiences the waking, dream and

sleep states. The three states are changes which do not

affect the individual. The experiences are like pictures

passing on a screen in the cinema. The appearance and

disappearance of the pictures do not affect the screen.

So also, the three states alternate with one another leaving

the Self unaffected. The waking and the dream states

are creations of the mind. So the Self covers all.

To know that the Self remains happy in its perfection

is Self-Realisation. Its use lies in the realisation of

Perfection and thus of Happiness.

 

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from Talk 487

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Wishing everyone here a Happy and blessed New Year

with a deepened and intensified practice, most of all of atma vichara.

 

Gabriele