Tag: Enquiry

I have followed the path of enquiry as the main focus for over 20 years now and though I consider Maharshi Ramana as the most concise exponent of it, it is worthwhile to look at it from different ways

At the outset, I feel that there is a clear and unmistakable difference between the approach of Soham or 'I am That' meditation and the path of Self Enquiry.

The shadow and mirror image is mine and yet not I.
Who am I?

"I AM THAT WHICH I LOVE FULLY," and a little enquiry would make it abundantly clear.

I do not Love my Body fully for there are certain waste or habits that need to be discarded.

I have wondered why sincere people get caught in this charade of spirituality and all the subtle tricks that the leaders play to deceive themselves and their followers.

There are broadly two ways of enquiry. One is to see all the observed (seen) phenomenon as behaving according to a law transient and not self. This includes the Sankhya view. To quote Gita

Personalisation of experience is the cause of entrapment and investigating who this person is the way to unwind.

Q. You said yesterday that Truth is knowable and there is a ‘Way’ to it. What is it?

A. We must begin from the beginning.

Is there rebirth or reincarnation or is there eternal life (immortality) are questions which are linked to mans search for something as noble as truth to something as mundane as security or fear.