{"id":7490,"date":"2018-10-18T22:28:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruquote.net\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2018-10-18T22:28:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:28:37","slug":"i-should-be-searching-for-the-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruquote.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/18\/i-should-be-searching-for-the-i\/","title":{"rendered":"`I&#8217; should be searching for the `I&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question : But is it not funny that the <code>I' should be searching for the<\/code>I&#8217;? Does not the enquiry <code>Who am I?' turn out in the end to be an empty formula? Or, am I to put the Question to myself endlessly, repeating it like some mantra?<br \/>\n&lt;span style=\"color: #ff9966;\"&gt;Ramana Maharshi :\u00a0&lt;\/span&gt;\u00a0Self-enquiry is certainly not an empty formula and it is more than the repetition of any mantra. 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