It is only after the rise of this that the other thoughts arise.“ Of all the thoughts that arise in the mind, the ‘I’-thought is the first. Even if one thinks constantly ‘I-I’, one will be led to that place.
If one inquires as to where in the body the thought ‘I’ rises first, one would discover that it rises in the heart.
Sivaprakasam Pillai, about the year 1902…This record was first published by Sri Pillai in 1923 (in the original Tamil), along with a couple of poems composed by himself relating how Bhagavan’s grace operated in his case by dispelling his doubts and by saving him from a crisis in life.” “The questions were put to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi by Sri M.
“ Who am I? is the title given to a set of questions and answers bearing on Self-enquiry.”.About Who Am I? (Nan Yar?) : Introduction by T.M.P.