If you practice Self-Inquiry you should do so continuously without stopping, night and day.
By inquiring, "Who is this person going through this experience? Who is having these feelings? Who feels depressed? Who feels negation? Who feels that they have been dealt a bad hand in life? Who feels they're going to die soon? Who feels all these things?" Ask your self, inquire within yourself. The answer is within yourself. And the answer will come, "I feel this way. 'I' feel this way. I feel troubled" Catch yourself saying this and scrutinize the 'I'. "Where did the 'I' come from? The 'I' that feels these things. I've just admitted to myself that I feel this. But am I, I? I, I, I. I, I, I, I, I. Who is this 'I'? Am I this 'I'? I feels tired, I feels sick, I feels depression, I feels it's too good to be true, I feels all of these things", not you! Not you but "I!" Therefore the next question you ask yourself is, "Where does I come from? What is the source of this 'I'? Where did it come from? How did it get here? Who am I?" When you get to that point you keep totally quiet and still. 206 You Just Ain't There! - December 6, 1992 |