Sri Ramana Maharshi’s direct method of questioning “Who am I?” to trace the ego back to the Spiritual Heart and dissolve it.
Self-inquiry is not a relaxing meditation or a verbal mantra; it is the ruthless, inward-directed investigation to find the source of the "I"-thought. By relentlessly asking "Who am I?", the seeker burns away all mental distractions and dissolves the ego into pure, unbroken awareness.
Theoretical knowledge gathered from endless reading cannot destroy the ego; it merely inflates it. To attain true liberation, you must put down the scriptures, use them only as a temporary mirror, and immediately turn your attention inward through direct Self-inquiry.
Sri Ramana Maharshi’s core question, "Who am I?", is not a philosophical riddle, but an uncompromising weapon designed to strike at the very root of the illusory ego. By relentlessly tracing this "I"-thought back to its source in the spiritual Heart, the seeker dissolves all mental modifications and awakens to the eternal, non-dual reality of pure Being-Consciousness.
