The seeker has to find answers to clear doubts and confusion which arise in a deeper investigation of Sage Ramana Maharishi's ~ “Who Am I?- inquiry.”
The ‘WHO AM ‘I’?’ inquiry is good at the starting point of the pursuit of truth but in later stages, it created lots of confusion.
When the Self is genderless then it is not He/She. Therefore, using the word ‘I AM’ for the Self is erroneous.
Deeper self-search reveals that the Self is not the ‘I’, therefore ‘WHO AM I?- will not help to unfold the truth beyond form, time, and space.
The ignorant who fail to apprehend the ‘Self’ is caught in the web of illusion experience, the birth, life, death, and world as reality.
People who think the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ as the 'Self' are caught up in the web of duality and experience pain and pleasure as reality.
The one who holds the Self as ‘I’ never will be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Thus, it is necessary to realize first the Self is not 'I', but the invisible and unborn Soul. the cause of the ‘I’.
The ‘I-centric' teaching and teachers are not a yardstick in the path of wisdom. ‘I’ based teaching will not lead the seeker to the ultimate end of his inner journey
A deeper investigation reveals the fact that: ~ the Self is neither the waking entity (you) nor the dream entity but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states.
If the Self is not ‘you’ (waking entity) then what is the use of the ‘WHO AM ‘I’?, Self-inquiry is only good for the lower stage.
'WHO AM I?' - inquiry becomes inadequate and useless as one goes deeper into self-search.
However, it creates lots of doubts and confusion. The seeker has to find the answers on his own through deeper reasoning, then all his doubts and confusions will be cleared, and he will be able to move ahead in the path of inquiry, and he will be able to reach his non-dual destination.
The first seeker has to find answers to the following doubts and confusion which arise in a deeper investigation of Sage Ramana Maharishi's ~ “Who Am I?-inquiry”
v If the mind is the same as Atman, how can it vanish? How can Atman vanish? (Page 4 para. 3)
v "Whenever any thought leads you outward" etc, says Sage Ramana Maharishi. What can you be certain of when you leave the external world? And why leave the world if you say everything is Brahman? (Page 6 ~center)
v The "Mind ceases to struggle" Yes if I commit suicide I shall also cease to struggle! How can you say the world ceases to exist if you don't look at it? ~ (Page ~ 6)
v Who has seen the subtle mind projecting through the brain and the senses? Can you see it? Is not the brain also a piece of gross matter? Then how can it come into existence after the world is created, if later, depends on the brain? (Page 6 last para)
v How can you say the world vanishes when you are introspected? The world is still there; whether you see it or not. (Page 7 top)
v Heart is an idea created by the mind, so how can the Mind emerge from it? (Page 7~ Line 4)
v One should unquestioningly follow guru"--This is the very reverse of what Sri Ramakrishna taught. What if the guru happens to be a fool or a rascal? Sri Ramakrishna said "Test me! (Page 11, Para 2)
v "In deep sleep, trance, swoon, mind turns inwards and enjoys atmasukam." Why should any man study or inquire or practice if in sleep he can easily get the Atman? If sleep gives Brahman why trouble with Vedanta? (Page 12: middle)
v Page 16 middle: "If this truth is appreciated who can refrain from being good?" This is the opposite of real Vedanta. Vedanta says it is not enough to be good, you must serve the world and relieve suffering. ~ (Page 16 center)
v Is the vanishing of ego to be the end of life? Aham, I must indeed go but tuham (thou) must come; you must know Brahman is everywhere. It is only half to say the ego must vanish. This is only a step, not the highest. (Page 16 last para).
Bhagavad Gita on this point says: ~ The Soul, the Self must see all in itself. (4/34)
Remember:~
Sage Raman Maharishi: ~ He placed his right hand on his right breast and continued, "Here lies the Heart, the dynamic, spiritual Heart. It is called Hridaya and is located on the right side of the chest and is clearly visible to the inner eye of an adept on the spiritual path. Through meditation, you can learn to find the Self in the cave of this Heart." ~ Mercedes de Acosta, Here Lies the Heart
Santthosh Kumaar: ~ The spiritual heart is the Soul, the Self, not the physical heart. The world in which you exist is within the Soul, the spiritual heart. Mistaking the spiritual heart within the body is a great error. Even some Advaitic guru says that the Self is within the spiritual heart. And the spiritual heart is on the left side. Such a declaration is merely an imagination, based on the false self (ego or you). When the Self is bodiless, then the question of the heart being left side or right side does not arise.
The seeker must realize the Soul, the Self, itself is the spiritual heart. The Soul the spiritual heart is ever formless. The Soul itself is the spiritual heart that is present in the form of the spirit or consciousness.
Without form, time, and space, the Soul, the Self, becomes naked. The nature of the Soul, the Self is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
Sri Ramana Maharishi also refers to: ~ Pure Consciousness, which is the heart, includes all; and nothing is outside or apart from it. That is the ultimate Truth.
I have the highest reverence for Sage Ramana Maharishi as a sage of absolute purity and unworldliness and desirelessness, but those who are seeking truth have to indulge in much deeper self-search to realize the truth which is beyond the dual (waking or dream and nondual states).
The serious seekers who are searching for the ultimate truth or Brahman should not stop till they reach their Goal.:~Santthosh Kumaar
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