Sunday, September 5, 2010

who am i


WHO AM I…?
Every living being longs always to be happy untainted by sorrow; and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely due to the fact that happiness is his real nature. Hence, in order to realize that inherent and untainted happiness, which indeed he daily experiences when the mind is subdued in deep sleep, it is essential that he should know himself. For obtaining such knowledge the enquiry, ‘Who am I?’ in quest of the Self is the means par excellence.
‘Who am I?’ I am not this physical body, nor am I the five organs of sense perception.
I am not the five organs of external activity.
I am not the five vital forces.
I am not even the thinking mind. Neither is I that unconscious state of nescience, which retains merely the subtle Vasanas (latent impressions or mental tendencies), being then free from the functional activity of the sense organs and of the mind, and being unaware of the existence of the objects of sense perception.
Who am I, is the question which has been haunting me from my childhood. Now I got a chance to solve this problem
There is only one thing in this life that changes with situations and conditions; personality. Therefore defining it is a very difficult proposition.
I have not yet reached a station in life from which I am able to identify my own personality. There have been only a few people who have succeeded in this Endeavour. Any attempt to do so will make it difficult for a person like me. What I have understood about myself from this small period of life is WHO I AM NOT. In this world I prefer being a fool because it is only a fool who is able to laugh open-heartedly under any circumstances in life
I know that without knowing myself I am not eligible to live this life, but now I can’t do anything to solve this issue because everything in the world is a byproduct of so called LUST
The only way to overcome my weakness is being a FOOL
So I am very glad to say that I AM A FOOL
I AM A FOOL
I AM A FOOL
(Aham brahmasmi)

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