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Back to the four threads

Inquiry

Investigate the sense of I without demanding a verbal answer.

Give this sequence a few unhurried visits. You can return to the first teaching or change threads whenever your questions change.

Your next action

Try gentle inquiry once, then read a short portion of Who Am I? in context.

Try five minutes

Gentle self-inquiry — Turn toward the sense of I without demanding an answer.

Begin with a teaching

  1. Turn toward the question

    Become curious about the I in an ordinary thought.

Read a source slowly

  1. Who Am I? (Nan Yar?)

    Ramana Maharshi’s short presentation of self-inquiry.

Listen with context

  1. Rupert Spira on YouTube

    Contemporary dialogues for the inquiry thread.

Bring it back to life

After a few visits, notice whether the material helps you meet ordinary experience and other people with more care. You do not need an unusual state to have learned something.

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