In English
Is the 'I', this body or mind or intellect?
We must investigate what is meant by "I." When I ask your name you say, ", , , ," etc. When you are asked who this or is, you raise your hands and say, "I, I." I ask a number of people and use a number of names, but the answer is always 'I.' Where does this 'I' come from? It is found in everyone. Has this 'I' got a form? Is it this body or mind or intellect or consciousness? It is not any of these. The 'I' is not this body. When I say my kerchief I imply that I am different from the kerchief. I say my table or my chair, because I am not the table or the chair. Now, if we have this 'I' in everyone, it must be the same in everyone. It is the One among the many. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 is equal to 4. But I + I + I + I is equal to only 'I' for, the 'I' is, the same in everyone. To recognise this is to truly know one's real identity, the One, the . Without this knowledge, life is a waste.