Quote of the week

The question ‘Who am I?’
is the most important question
a human being can ask.
To feel some attraction to this question
already signals an auspicious life.
From the birth of this body something inside
has been saying, ‘I am, I want, I know, I love,
this is me, this is mine,’ but when asked,
What or who is this ‘me’ or ‘I’?
no clear answer is given or formed.
The ‘I’ itself appears to know many things
but it doesn’t know its own Self.
What exactly arises as ‘I’?
What is the substance or content of ‘I’?
These are the most powerful questions that can
emerge inside the human consciousness.
Why powerful?
Because they break open and dispel every delusion
and so remove the ego’s grip on our being.
Ego is the unreal identity and nature
that makes us feel uneasy in the presence
of other beings. It often brings fear and insecurity
which cause us to hold onto feelings of rejection,
jealousy, hatred and desire.
However, by its very nature, ego can also help us
to aspire for lasting freedom by forcing us to seek what
is true within ourselves.
Satsang speeds up our liberation.