Who Am I: Ramblings of a Bored Mind
“Who am I?”, Ramana Maharshi, a great teacher in the yogic tradition, used to say that to attain inner freedom one must continually and sincerely ask the question “who am I” he taught that this was more important than reading books, learning mantras, or going to holy places. Just ask “who am I? who sees when I see, who hears what I hear/ who knows that I am aware? Who actually am I?”. let’s explore this question by playing a game you and I shall we? Make believe that you and I are having a conversation, typically in our culture we would introducing ourselves is the norm, when someone comes up and asks, “excuse me I am______ and you are?” you don’t admonish them for asking such as deep question. I would tell them my name, vinuri and then what if they wrote my name on a paper and showed it to me asking, “Is that who you are- a collection of letters? Is that who see you when you see? Obviously no, so I would say, “Okay, you are right. I’m not just vinuri. That is just a name people...
