Passage 2

Aham implies a total composite Personality

AHAM BRAHMAASMI is the Holy Declaration of the Yajur Veda. It is a component of three words Aham, Brahma and Asmi. Aham implies a total, a composite: Personality. Man is subjected to countless thoughts, desires and resolutions, called "Sankalpa". The very first Sankalpa that nestles in the mind of man is Aham or I-ness. Other ideas or thoughts leading to action can enter the mind only after Aham has struck root. Earlier than that event, no acceptance or rejection, no Sankalpa can find a place. The I-ness persists in the gross body of the waking stage, the subtle body of the dream stage and the causal body of the deep sleep stage. It persists through all three states. The One that permeates in all three is the I, the ham. I is the universal response, whether I ask who is Gokak or who is Sudharshan or who is Chakravarthi. From every, one, the answer arises, I, I, I. I is in every one, the core of all.