FAQ and WWFH

   Frequently asked questions (FAQ) are: who is this 'I'? 'Who am I' What is the true nature of this  ever changing world?

   What we frequently hear (WWFH) is 'i did this. I did that. I am so and so. He does not know. People are fools, they can never understand this secret, or does he know who he is? etc.  

  Little do we think what we are talking about when it comes to I, he, they, or such other pronouns that stand for some noun behind them. Every body says 'i am so and so', meaning, his name, profession, ID or some address where he lives or works. It is also important to note that most of the time we are talking about hypothetical persons who may not even exist. For instance, we hear comments that people have never experienced the fourth state (turiya) of consciousness. Neither we are clear about what is this fourth state- turiya, nor do we know about whom we are talking about! It is common knowledge that the ancient yogins have visualized the truth. But it is not clear who these yogins are. A yogi does not exist as ordinary humans! They have dropped their lower states of existence such as the muladhara (basal plexus or earthly existenvce of eating and sleeping), svadhishthana (water level or prana), manipura (fire or mind), anahata (air or expanded consciousness dropping the selfish attitude), vishuddhi (completely above all worldly likes and dislikes and becoming almost divine) and have reached the highest level at the ajnya (tapo) level. Here they are interested only in brahmn. They exist in brahmn as long as they contemplate on brahmn. Thus, what we understand by these terms yogins, rishis, and tapasvi jana are not somebody whom we can ever see or know since they do not exist at our level of earthly materialistic worldly existence.

   Since we are all born alone and die alone this 'one' only is the truth. All other that we see, hear, or know do not exist in the real sense. They are all created by the mind. They come into existence the moment mind thinks of them and orders the sense organs to go in search of them or focus attention on them and relate to it! Everything is transient here. So, what all come into our lives as family, friends, relatives, power, position, wealth, etc are not real! Even the I that we refer to ourselves is not the true one since that also is invisible and we never know that! When we realize that there exists only One and no other!  

    The Upanishad doctrines stated this doctrine as 'neti, neti', meaning, not that, not that! Whatever we say, talk about, is 'not that'! When everything is discarded, what remeins is 'That' ('tyat'), the brahmn.

   When it comes to the question of 'i' it is better we keep quiet since we can never know this 'I'. What we normally say is about ournames, form, function or some ID. It is not that what is meant by 'i'. The Rk veda makes this point clear in Mandala VII. It is Maharudra devaru who resides in our body as the Bheshaja, the vaidya/Doctor/ dhanvantari maintaining the body and constantly repairing it asand when they (cells) are damaged or diseased.  He is that 'ahantata', Self, that is Rudra, the noun and the pronoun I stands for Him. So, whatever we mean by I such as my  name, form, function, affixes, prefixes, or even the body, mind, intelligence, or ego are not the 'I'. All these are appendages. The true Self of all is 'Rudra Deva' and it is He who says 'I'. This I normally used by us disappears in our sleep. But the real 'I' always exists even when we are in deep sleep! 

   Contemplate this and attain to true Self.
Once a person realizes the principle of "aham brahmasmi', there exists nothing, not even his Self and the higher!