Authors Note. In the last century a significant event has taken place in the spiritual history of man on the form of Self realization of Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi.Many saints got Self realized but Bhagawan's appears to be unique.When Bhagawan got Self realized he is only 16 years of age, not yet under any established spiritual discipline.He never heard the word Brahman but he became Brahman.His death experience is unique in the spiritual history.Actually he underwent physical death at the time of Self realization.During that period the conscious aspect of his mind inquired into what is...

self-inquiry are very useful for any serious truth seeker irrespective of his background, conditioning, belief, faith, religion to which he belongs.self-inquiry is a scientific inquiry into the working of self, usually called the ego the ego, its thoughts, feelings etc.self-inquiry is beyond all religions in which there is no seeking, no becoming, no end to be gained.In the silent observation of self-inquiry in which there no choice or condemnation thought and feeling unfold themselves.In this process we actualize the potential of the Self (Atman).In self-inquiry we understand ourselves, our...

Personality is development of evolutionary process with consciousness entangled in tendencies and trivial sensate values.Man functions from personality with its innate limitations and self centered activity.Such activity is antagonistic to other persons and so any such activity produces conflict, strife, misery, sorrow.But humanity knows only that type of activity which is socially and legally sanctioned.Life means action at various levels.There cannot be any life without action and our present way with its action is producing enormous sorrow to humanity.Seeing this some escape altogether...

Humanity is in dark state of Self-ignorance.Ego is a product of this Self-ignorant dark state and the god, religion, poetry, art, painting it creates are all outcome of this darkness.The culture of human society, its education, family system, beliefs, dogmas all add to this metaphysical sleep and keeps the human in darkness causing lot of misery to him.Because ego state is a dark state we have to bring in light of "awareness" to know how the the ego is working and causing suffering to humanity.For this self-inquiry is the direct method and this book deals with that study of self.self-inquiry...