Question : Should I go on asking Who am I?' without answering? Who asks whom? Which bhavana [attitude] should be in the mind at the time of enquiry? What isI’, the Self or the ego?
Ramana Maharshi : In the enquiry Who am I?',I’ is the ego. The Question really means, what is the source or origin of this ego? You need not have any bhavana [attitude] in the mind. All that is required is that you must give up the bhavana that you are the body, of such and such a description, with such and such a name, etc. There is no need to have a bhavana about your real nature. It exists as it always does. It is real and no bhavana.