Basics of the Inquiry: Who am I?

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Basics of the Inquiry: Who am I?

  1. We are caught in the web of thoughts. The WAI inquiry takes us to the root cause of this web.
  2. Our joys and sorrows are centered in our memories. The WAI inquiry helps us go to the basis of memories.
  3. A self-image feeds memories, which in turn feed the self-image. The WAI inquiry hits at the self-image.
  4. The self-image (aham-vritti) is rooted in memories. The WAI inquiry thus shakes the foundations of memories.
  5. Memories and the self-image are a vicious circle. The WAI inquiry cuts this vicious circle.
  6. Changing people, places, positions or situations cannot lead to ending of sorrow. Sorrow ends in the silence of pure awareness.
  7. The self-image is the only obstacle to pure awareness. The WAI inquiry therefore questions the true credentials of the self-image.
  8. Millions of thoughts – good and bad – revolve around the self-image (aham-vritti, I-thought). WAI puts the axe to the base of the tree (of samsAra).
  9. To think that we can arrive at freedom is wrong. We need to question the reality of our bondage.
  10. Body and mind keep changing in time. The liberating insight has nothing to do with time, for it is not an activity (karma).
  11. See.

Swami Chidananda
Monday, January 13, 2003

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