I-thought as root of thinking --- 18. Thoughts alone make up the mind; And of all thoughts the ‘I’ thought is the root. What is called mind is but the notion ‘I’. 19. When one turns within and searches Whence this ‘I' thought arises, The shamed ‘I’ vanishes And wisdom’s quest begins. 20. Where this ‘I’ notion fades, Now there as I, as I, arises The One, the very Self, The Infinite. ~ The Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharishi, p112. --- Tags: Reference: Related: [[Tdvp 1 Drawing 2022-07-22 23.58.47.excalidraw! 1]] [[Enlightenment]]