- Question:
In Self enquiry, which ‘I’ is referred to in the question ‘who am I’, the separate ego self or the Self? Is the question meant to help one look for the separate self and find no such thing? Or to shift awareness to the Self?
Sri Prabhuji :
Ramana Maharshi’s “Who am I” is to trace the source of “I thought”. I-thought is the ‘me’ feeling. Its the root thought for all the other thoughts. “I thought is ego.”
When you enquire “who am I”, you are finding the source of Ego – Atma
Source of “I-thought” is SELF is Atma – real I.
The question is meant to shift awareness to real SELF.