{"id":7493,"date":"2018-10-18T22:34:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruquote.net\/?p=7493"},"modified":"2018-10-18T22:34:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:34:52","slug":"when-i-think-who-am-i-the-answer-comes-i-am-not-this-mortal-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruquote.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/18\/when-i-think-who-am-i-the-answer-comes-i-am-not-this-mortal-body\/","title":{"rendered":"When I think `Who am I?&#8217;, the answer comes `I am not this mortal body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question : When I think <code>Who am I?', the answer comes<\/code>I am not this mortal body but I am chaitanya, atma (consciousness, the Self ).&#8217; And suddenly another Question arises, <code>Why has atma come into maya [illusion]?' or in other words,<\/code>Why has God created this world?&#8217;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9966;\">Ramana Maharshi :\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0To enquire <code>Who am I ?' really means trying to find out the source of the ego or the<\/code>I&#8217;-thought. You are not to think of other thoughts, such as <code>I am not this body'. Seeking the source of<\/code>I&#8217; serves as a means of getting rid of all other thoughts. We should not give scope to other thoughts, such as you mention, but must keep the attention fixed on finding out the source of the <code>I' - thought by asking, as each thought arises, to whom the thought arises. 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