Passage 3

In English

While in the entire creation there are many things that man has to know, any learned man to whom you may go or any of the or the that you wish to consult will tell you that the first thing amongst all that you should know is about your self. We know that all only teach us matters relating in some way or other to the soul. None of them teach things which have no concern whatsoever with the soul. When we go into this question “Who am I?” with some care, we find that the same question is coming up in the . In every place, has been preaching that in every thing it is He that is present. Each one of you may say, “I am , I am , I am , I am , I am ,” and so on and so on. When you say these things you are putting the letter “I” right in front and after stating that, then you add the name that has been given to you. It may be or . Thus, this “I” is as broad and as widespread as the sky. It is demonstrating to us the infinite quality of this “I”. If we can understand the real meaning of this “I”, then we will have understood the contents of all the .