Self Inquiry

  1. The thought that you have something to attain is somewhat of a barrier, our original nature is enlightened. What we simply need to understand is that there is nothing to attain in the first place, except perhaps rediscover our “primal” sself.
  2. Self-Inquiry can be a stand-alone practice, but is most effective for most people. Practise after meditation daily for some time. The “answer” to inquiry is always to notice the pure awareness that doesn’t change with the fluctuations of experience which are always changing.
  3. The most common form of inquiry is to ask, either mentally, or simply by moving your attention (noticing) “Who (or What) Am I?” – what is really here, experiencing this moment? If you find the question is answered with a thought, i.e. “I’m a human being”, or “I am spirit”, or even “I am all”, this is always non-helpful, because the true answer is awareness of, from the standpoint of the subject, i.e. noticing you are the awareness, experiencing all content, even any sense-of-self you may have.
  4. Awareness itself is the actual “experiencer” of every moment, behind all perception and mind-activity.
  5. Youwill see that if you can be aware of something, no matter how subtle, and no matter how much it feels like something “I” am, or that “I” am experiencing, it is still an object experienced by awareness.
  6. The one aspect of experience you can never get “behind” or prior to, is awareness, itself