D.: It is said in Srimad Bhagavad Gita: “Realise the Self with pure intellect and also by service to Guru and by enquiry.” How are they to be reconciled?
M.: “Iswaro Gururatmeti”—Iswara, Guru and Self are identical. So long as the sense of duality persists in you, you seek a Guru considering that he stands apart. He however teaches you the truth and you gain the insight.
D.: Kindly explain:
“ahameko name kaschit nāhamanyasya kasyachit nāham pasyāmi yasyāham tam na pasyāmi yo mama” (I am alone; no one is mine; of none else am I, I see none whose I am, none who is mine.)
M.: This sloka occurs in different scriptures holy books, e.g. Bhagavata, Maha Bharata, etc. It also forms the motto of Chapter XI in Self-Realisation.
—‘I’ is only one. Egos are different. They are in the One Self. The Self is not affected by the egos. ‘I’ is one only. ‘I’ is the Truth. All that follows is meant to refute the sense of duality.